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There’s significant value tobe found from auto shredderresidue (ASR), if a new plasticsrecycling operation in Fond duLac, Wisconsin proves to be themodel for profitable recovery.And, it appears this venture hasthe partners and the technologyto make it happen. EnviroPlasticsGroup, a subsidiary of PlasticsConversion Technologies head-quartered in Spokane, Washing-ton and Plas2Fuel Corporation,based in Kelso, Washington areteaming up to merge dedicatedASR sorting and cleaning with achemical process that recyclesplastics not suitable for resinmarkets into synthetic crude oil.

Raw ASR or shredder“fluff” presents growing prob-lems for landfills because it con-tains contaminants at a timewhen environmental regulationsare getting tighter. The primeconcerns are metals like lead,copper, zinc and cadmium, petro-leum hydrocarbons, volatile andsemi-volatile organic com-pounds.

California, for example, haspending legislation (SB 524) toestablish an auto shredder residueworking group by February, 2010to review and evaluate the prac-tice of using ASR as alternativedaily landfill cover to determine

if it poses a threat to humanhealth and the environment.Meanwhile, Rick Brasch, legisla-tive director of the CaliforniaDepartment of Toxic Substancestold us, “Since the 1980s ASRhas been permitted for alternativedaily cover, but now we arereevaluating the constituents ofASR to determine if the current

operating conditions adequatelyprotect public health and environ-ment.” Brasch went on to say thathis department wants to workwith the industry to see how tobest control the risks and whetherthe current operating conditionsdo that or not.”

Yet, ASR consists of poten-tially valuable commodities –

primarily plastics and non-fer-rous metals. If these materialscan be liberated into clean com-modity streams for the resin andnon-ferrous markets, and if theleftover plastics can be convertedinto fuels, it could be a successfulmodel to profitably recycle ASRand help solve landfill problems.

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Remanufactured auto parts: A goodbusiness gets better. Page B1

Oregon House passes new metaltheft legislation. Page A10

Clunkers modifications ease effectson auto recyclers. Page B3

European Commission sends Italyfinal warning over illegal wastelandfills. Page A21

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Value in auto shredder residueby MIKE [email protected]

Seattle reaches newcity record for recycling

Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels announcedthat Seattle set a new city record for recyclingin 2008, with 50 percent of the city’s residen-tial, commercial and self-haul waste beingrecycled instead of going to the landfill. This isup 1.8 percentage points from 2007, and marksthe fifth straight year of increased recycling forthe city of Seattle.

“The credit for this milestone reallybelongs to everyone in Seattle for taking small,

simple steps every day,” said Nickels. “Peoplehave taken recycling to heart. It’s part of ourvalues, and what makes Seattle a great place.”

The city of Seattle’s diversion rate dippedto 38.2 percent in 2003, prompting Nickels topush the city’s goal to divert 60 percent of itswaste through recycling and composting by2012. The recycling rate has climbed steadilyeach year as the city greatly expanded its solid

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Remanufactured autoparts: A good businessgets better

Bassam Jody, group leader of the energy systems division at the Argonne National Laboratory, displays plastics recovered fromshredder residue by the Argonne Separation process and successfully tested for making auto parts.

The federal government’stimetable for cellulosic ethanolcalls for more than 15,900 percentincrease in production by 2022.

“While envi-ronmentalists arefocusing on cutbacks in green-house emissions,investors need tokeep an eye onthese federallymandated increases,” said AndyObermueller, chief investmentstrategist for Government-DrivenInvesting.

Investors tend to dismissethanol because they think they’veheard the story. They focus oncorn-based ethanol. Obermuellersays that’s a mistake. He advisesinvestors to focus instead on cellu-losic ethanol, an advanced biofuelderived from an organic com-pound found in all plant life.

They need look no furtherthan existing energy law.

“Most investors look forstocks in the Wall Street Journal,”Obermueller said. “I look in theFederal Register.”

Federal lawdemandsmore ethanol –not from corn

—Obermueller

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Tomra Pacific Inc., a unit of Tomraof North America, a provider ofadvanced recycling solutions, opened anew, user-friendly Tomra RecyclingCenter in San Francisco’s Bayshore Cor-ridor.

The recycling center, which openedJuly 18, will serve the city’s largelyunmet demand for consumer recyclingfacilities for the redemption of plastic,glass and aluminum CRV beverage con-tainers.

“Citywide, San Francisco has only15 locations where consumers can recy-cle their beverage containers, down from35 locations just three years ago. For acity with a population of over 800,000,there is large unmet demand for facili-ties,” said Frank Canelo, Tomra Pacific’soperations manager for the Bay Area.“The new Tomra Recycling Centeroffers convenient drive-through service,as well as self-service ‘reverse vending’machines, in a clean, friendly environ-

ment, capable of handling large amountsof container returns quickly and accu-rately.”

The center has the capacity to han-dle 5,000,000 containers on a monthlybasis, which puts it among the largestcenters in San Francisco. Located at 195Bay Shore Boulevard, next to BevMo!,the Tomra Recycling Center will provideconsumers with the opportunity toredeem empty beverage containers sevendays a week.

Consumers will have two ways ofreturning containers to the center:

•Drive-through weighing service –offers a convenient way of processinglarge and small amounts of CRV con-tainers for redemption.

•Self-service reverse vendingmachines – allows consumers to use anautomated machine to count as manyCRV containers as they would like toinsert.

San Francisco has lost many recy-cling centers as a result of several gro-cery stores moving out of the city,resulting in the closure of drop-off cen-ters located on their properties. Zoningrestrictions have made it difficult formodern, new centers to set up.

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When it comes to beverage container recycling,San Francisco is a very underserved community.In the last 3 years, the number of recycling centershas dropped to 15 from 35.

The Solid Waste Authority of Cen-tral Ohio’s (SWACO) Green EnergyCenter has received the “InnovationAward of Excellence” from The SolidWaste Association of North America(SWANA).

The Green Energy Center turnslandfill methane from decomposingtrash into vehicle fuel (Compressed Nat-ural Gas). The Center also is designed topower itself via a 250 kw micro-turbinewhich uses the clean natural gas gener-ated by the process.

Earlier this year, The Green EnergyCenter was honored as a “project of theyear” by the EPA’s Landfill MethaneOutreach Program. It also received a2009 Clean Air Award from the MidOhio Regional Planning Commission.

The completed phase one ofSWACO’s has the capacity to produce250,000 gasoline gallon equivalents(GGE) of compressed natural gas (CNG)annually using just 8 percent of themethane from SWACO’s FranklinCounty landfill. Phase two, when com-pleted, will have the annual capacity of5-to-7-million gasoline gallon equiva-lents.

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Waste Management of Oregonchristened an expansive and ultra-greenrecycling center that will dramaticallyincrease recycling and reduce landfillwaste across Washington County.

The recycling center will acceptconstruction and demolition castoffsthat, in the past, have ended up in land-fills. It will collect, sort and reclaimthese materials – concrete, asphalt,wood, and metals – for use in new ways.

The 65,000-square-foot facility iscentral to Waste Management’s efforts tohelp local and regional governmentsachieve aggressive new sustainabilitygoals.

This process will result in importantenergy savings and greenhouse gasreductions as more materials are re-pur-posed.

Waste Management’s new recyclingcenter will also deliver significantenergy savings and environmental bene-fits resulting from its innovative and sus-tainable features.

Designed and constructed to meetrigorous sustainability standards knownas LEED (Leadership in Energy andEnvironmental Design), the center looks

and operates differently than traditionalrecycling centers.

Most distinctive is the massivetranslucent roof that allows for naturallighting and reduces energy consump-tion. The roof includes a system to har-vest rainwater and store it for later useon site. There is also a powerful ventila-tion system that circulates fresh airthrough the facility every 10 minutes.

The new facility is a $10 millioninvestment for Waste Management. Theproject involved 100 construction jobsand has resulted in 20 permanent jobs.

The new facility is near Hillsboro,where Waste Management also operatesa landfill and manages more than 100acres of certified wildlife habitat andwetlands. The site is home to 100 birdspecies and mammals, including greatblue heron, deer, beaver, and rabbits.

The landfill is permitted to acceptprimarily construction and demolitiondebris. It does not accept householdgarbage or hazardous waste.

The new recycling center openedfor commercial and residential use onJuly 1.

Waste Management of Oregonopens ultra-green location

waste programs, taking steps such as offer-ing food and yard waste collection to allbusinesses and residents, and free recy-cling for small businesses, as well as pro-hibiting recyclables in the garbage.

In 2008, Seattle’s single-family resi-dents diverted 65.4 percent of their wastethrough recycling and composting, upfrom 64.8 percent in 2007. Multifamilyresidents recycled 28.3 of their waste, upfrom 27.6 the previous year. Commercialrecycling climbed 2.2 percentage points,to 54.7 percent in 2008. And 18.4 percentof waste dropped off at the city’s two recy-cling and disposal stations was diverted torecycling or compost in 2008. The figuresare based on an annual waste audit con-ducted by Seattle Public Utilities. Withincreased recycling and less solid wastegenerated last year, Seattle reduced theamount of garbage shipped to a landfill inArlington, Oregon, by 40,000 tons.

Seattle’s recycling rate is expected tocontinue increasing, in part because thecity launched new residential services inMarch, including:

•More paper, plastic and metal can berecycled, including all rigid plastic foodcontainers, plastic plant pots, large lids,

and aluminum foil and foil trays, as wellas plastic and paper cups.

•All recycling goes into one recyclingcart – no more separating glass bottles andjars.

•Weekly food and yard waste collec-tion. All food scraps, including meat, fishand dairy, can go in food and yard wastecarts.

•Electronics, used motor oil and bulkyitems can now be collected using specialservices.

Upgrades to Seattle’s recycling facil-ity now allow more recyclables to be madeinto new, useful products. Food and yardwaste is delivered to a high-tech facilitywhere an advanced process breaks downharmful bacteria and chemicals, and turnsthe waste into compost for local parks andgardens.

The national recycling average is 32.1percent. While each city calculates itsdiversion rates differently, Seattle, SanFrancisco and Portland are among theleaders in municipal recycling. Seattle’srate includes recycling set out for collec-tion by businesses and residents, materialshauled to the city’s recycling and disposalstations and on-site composting. Someother cities include private recycling ofconstruction, demolition and hazardousmaterials.

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As an example, Obermueller cites the2007 Energy Security and IndependenceAct. It calls for 100 million gallons of cellu-losic ethanol in 2010 and 16 billion gallonsby 2022, an over 15,900 percent increase.

Obermueller thinks companies thatown significant cellulosic ethanol technol-ogy will see similar gains in their stockprices. There aren’t many.

“Lots of companies have a stake intraditional corn-based ethanol,” Ober-

mueller said. “But there’s only one pure-play in cellulose and that’s Verenium.”The company developed the enzymes thatcan turn cellulose into ethanol.

In 1995, Verenium was granted alicense to commercialize cellulosicethanol technology that had been devel-oped at the University of Florida and otheracademic institutions. It’s been hard atwork ever since, spending millions of dol-lars to hone the process. It also has builttwo demonstration-scale plants in theUnited States and a third in Japan.

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EPA awards Georgia DCAfor recycling hub program

The United States EnvironmentalProtection Agency (EPA) awarded theGeorgia Department of CommunityAffairs (DCA) Office of EnvironmentalManagement the “2009 Resource Con-servation Challenge National Achieve-ment Award.” The award recognizesDCA’s innovative statewide recyclinginfrastructure initiative, known as theGeorgia Regional Recycling TransferHub Program.

DCA was selected and applaudedfor its Recycling Hub infrastructure thatis facilitating cost-effective single-stream recycling collection in rural partsof the state.

“EPA nominated DCA for this pres-tigious award for two reasons. The Hubconcept is the first of its kind in thenation, with the ability to be replicatednationwide. Second, the very conceptallows for ‘economies of scale’ to pro-vide cost-effective access to recyclingfor all citizens, whether they live in anurban or rural community,” said actingregional administrator Stanley A.Meiburg.

Implementation of the regionalHubs offers residential recycling collec-tion to communities in which no previ-ous recycling programs existed, addingeven greater convenience for residents

and further decreasing the amount ofvaluable materials wasted every day inGeorgia.

“Approximately 170 Georgia citieswill now have access to central recyclingcollection facilities. These facilities willprovide much-needed infrastructure tocollect and transport recyclable materi-als, making local programs more cost-effective and ultimately moresustainable,” added Randy Hartmann,director of the Office of EnvironmentalManagement for DCA, who was onhand to accept the award. “Efficient col-lection, sorting, processing and shippingof recyclables within the state keep pro-grams viable and keep materials inGeorgia, and these materials go directlyback to Georgia’s industries.”

The award also recognizes DCA’sfocus on partnerships as a fundamentalcomponent of the Hub program. Privatepartnerships with the Curbside ValuePartnership (CVP), Pratt Industries andSP Recycling support DCA’s efforts toincrease participation in residential curb-side recycling programs and to measurethe growth of the Hub program.

For links and additional informationabout Georgia’s recycling efforts,

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The partners in the Fond du Lac proj-ect envision a network of scalable ASRrecycling plants close to auto shreddingoperations to access feedstock and mini-mize transportation costs. If successful,these plants could save shredders on truck-ing costs and tipping fees and create aboom in ASR recycling.

No one seems to have an accuratemeasure of ASR volume generated byroughly 250 United States auto shreddingoperations. “As far as we know there are250 to 270 auto shredders in the UnitedStates and a total of about 650 to 700worldwide,” said Rusty Manning, directorof new equipment sales for RiversideEngineering, an auto shredder manufac-turer. Industry experts agree that the num-ber of vehicles being shredded today isdramatically down due to the economy andthe drop in metal prices.

A study released in April by the PaulScherer Institute in Switzerland calculatedthe composition of ASR at 60 percent plas-tics, 15 percent minerals (glasses andsand), 10 percent textiles, leather andwood; 10 percent paint dust and rust, and 5percent residual metals. If these figures arecorrect, there is approximately three mil-lion tons of plastic feedstock annuallywaiting to be monetized. Of course, ASRcomposition varies from shredder to shred-der depending on the types of vehiclesingested, but with the right technologyASR holds the promise of yielding con-stant flows of non-ferrous metals and plas-tics. Profitably liberating these largepotential streams is the Holy Grail formany entrepreneurs.

EnviroPlastics Group plans to buildlarge-scale, plastic recycling operationsnear automotive shredder locations nation-wide, the first being a 84,000 sq. ft. facilityin Fond du Lac’s Southwest IndustrialPark, on a 12.2 acre site. Now in the designphase, the company expects to breakground in October. The site is close to oneof its strategic partners, Sadoff & RudoyIndustries, which has an auto shredder inFond du Lac. Sadoff & Rudoy is a majorMidwest processor of scrap metal with six

operations in Wisconsin and one inNebraska.

In addition, EnviroPlastics hopes todraw ASR feedstock from others in theregion since their plants are designed tohandle 100,000 tons of ASR per year. Theplant will take raw ASR as it comes out ofthe shredder. It goes through ferrous andnon-ferrous separation and plastics areresized into one-half inch pieces. “On theconservative side we will recover about 25percent out of the ASR. From that, approx-imately 40 percent will go to oil produc-tion and the balance to the resin market,”said Gary De Laurentiis, founder and COOof EnviroPlastics.

The Fond du Lac plant will houseboth EnviroPlastics proprietary sorting andcleaning technology as well as thePlas2Fuels’ chemical process that convertsmixed waste plastics into synthetic crudeoil and other petrochemical products.

Plas2Fuel has proven the efficacy ofits technology at its demonstration plant inOregon that was recently approved for fullscale production by the Oregon Depart-ment of Environmental Quality. Whileoperating at 25 percent capacity during thedemo phase, the plant produced 10,000gallons of synthetic crude oil per monthfrom waste agricultural plastics such asnursery pots, barrels and silage bags. Thiscrude oil is sold to a nearby refinery whereit is made into ultra low sulfur diesel, gaso-line, jet fuel and other petrochemicals.“We looked at three different chemicalprocesses, but Plas2Fuel was the only onethat had a plant up and running and is actu-ally selling oil,” said De Laurentiis.

“Most oil coming out of the groundcontains sediment and water, so perhapsonly 87 percent of the barrel is useable forhigh value products, the rest is sludge,”said Brent Bostwick, Plas2Fuels’ vicepresident of business development. “Ourproduct has virtually zero sludge or sulfur,so the entire barrel is useable for highvalue products.”

Now that Plas2Fuel is reaching fullcapacity in Oregon, Bostwick stated thatwhen all costs of manufacturing areaccounted, the company produces syn-thetic crude from mixed plastics for $42 abarrel. With crude oil prices approaching$70 a barrel and predicted to go higher,that is an extremely healthy profit outlook.

Plas2Fuel’s chemistry would not bepractical for ASR without EnviroPlastics’proprietary micro-segregation system andtheir patent pending cleaning process thatwas developed over the past year at a pilotplant in Pittsburgh. “The automated sepa-ration component is not rocket science, butthe cleaning component is critical,” DeLaurentiis emphasized. This technologyremoves contaminants from plastics usinga single step process that employs a com-bination of two liquefied gases under pres-sure. “As far as we know, we are the firstprocess that is actually able to capture allof the contaminants for proper disposal,”De Laurentiis added.

Shredder residue is separated into twostreams, plastics and waste. The mechani-cal separation process was developed withEnviroPlastics’ strategic partner and share-holder, Central Manufacturing. “The sepa-ration technology exists. We just had to becreative and mix and match it to ourneeds,” said De Laurentiis.

Once cleaned, the plastic is separatedinto three streams (PP/PE, ABS/HIPS and

mixed plastics) using ‘sink float’ technol-ogy. The separated streams are sentthrough a metal detector and packaged forsale, or sent bulk to make oil.

“Autos contain anywhere from 350 to500 pounds of plastic per car, so we hadworked with a large auto shredder in thePacific Northwest and found that in itspresent form it is too dirty and commingledto extract an economically viable hydrocar-bon stream. While we were searching for away to get at that plastic we becameacquainted with EnviroPlastics and theirtechnology. Their technology is incredible– very impressive,” said Bostwick. “Ourprocess is indiscriminate. We take plastictypes one through seven (PETE, HDPE, V,LDPE, PP, PS and other). We don’t care ifit is dirty,” said Bostwick of Plas2Fuel.

Plas2Fuel’s process is relatively sim-ple. Forced air, heated by a natural gasburner, is used to indirectly heat the feed-stock. The material is isolated from oxygenin a vacuum environment. Through ther-molysis and chromatography various com-pounds found in mixed waste plastics areseparated. Gases created during thermoly-sis are sent back into the process to mini-mize energy consumption and are alsoused to heat storage tanks and run an oil-water separation process. The vessels arewell insulated to retain heat. The processessentially “cracks” the plastic into syn-thetic crude oil.

“For every one BTU of energy used inthe process we yield almost eight BTUs ofenergy,” said Bostwick. Depending on thecomposition of the feedstock, it takesapproximately eight pounds of plastic tomake one gallon of synthetic crude.

Once the system is up to temperatureit runs 24/7 in what Plas2Fuel calls a con-tinuous batch process. It is actually severalvessels running separate batches on a stag-gered schedule so there is continuous pro-duction. With a four vessel configuration attheir Oregon plant, Plas2Fuel can process10 tons of waste plastic per day. An inter-esting aspect of this process is that the indi-vidual vessel is relative small andPlas2Fuel says that the equipment is easyto operate with minimum training. Becauseof the small size, the number of vessels canbe scaled to the volume of the feedstocks.This may allow small plants to be locatedat or near shredders, thus avoiding trans-portation costs.

“There are hundreds of millions ofpounds of ASR going to landfills everyyear and it has to be stopped. Finally, ourtechnology is able to handle virtually anyplastic feedstock,” said Bostwick.

Liberating value from ASR is a chal-lenge, one that is being addressed by anumber of entrepreneurial companies usingvarious chemical processes, low speed sec-ondary shredders for size reduction, eddycurrent separation to recover non-ferrousand mechanical processed with finer gran-ularity to separate marketable commodi-ties. Landfill prohibitions appear to be onthe horizon and the shredding industry isnervous.

“All the shredders are waiting for us tobuild our first plant to prove the concept.The ideal situation is for us to site thisequipment right at the shredder and con-tinue to further process the material. Wecan help mitigate the pressure on shred-ders from the legislative side and reducethe volume going to landfill,” said De Lau-rentiis.

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I have a ‘99 Buick and hope andpray every day it holds together at147,000 miles.

Thank you for your article. Toobad the Senate and Congress can’t orwon’t see it.

—Bev Kasperek, Tigerton, Wisconsin

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Index will drive higher quality, lower costsand measure sustainability of products

Wal-Mart plans to develop a world-wide sustainable product index during ameeting with 1,500 of its suppliers,associates and sustainability leaders atits home office. The index will establisha single source of data for evaluating thesustainability of products.

“Customers want products that aremore efficient, that last longer and per-form better,” said Mike Duke, Wal-Mart’s president and CEO. “Andincreasingly they want information aboutthe entire lifecycle of a product so theycan feel good about buying it. They wantto know that the materials in the productare safe, that it was made well and that itwas produced in a responsible way.

The company will introduce the ini-tiative in three phases, beginning with asurvey of its more than 100,000 suppliersaround the world. The survey includes 15questions that will serve as a tool for Wal-mart’s suppliers to evaluate their own sus-tainability efforts. The questions will focuson four areas: energy and climate, materialefficiency, natural resources and peopleand community.

“The survey will include simple butpowerful questions covering familiar ter-ritory, such as the location of our suppli-ers’ factories, along with new areas likewater use and solid waste,” said JohnFleming, chief merchandising officer,Wal-mart U.S. “The questions aren’tcomplicated but we’ve never before sys-tematically asked for this kind of infor-mation. The survey is a key first steptoward establishing real transparency inour supply chain.”

Fleming also said the company willask its top tier United States suppliers tocomplete the survey by October 1. Out-side the United States, the company willdevelop timelines on a country-by-country basis for suppliers to completethe survey.

As a second step, the company ishelping create a consortium of universi-ties that will collaborate with suppliers,retailers, NGOs and government todevelop a global database of informationon the lifecycle of products – from rawmaterials to disposal. Wal-mart has pro-vided the initial funding for the Sustain-ability Index Consortium, and invited allretailers and suppliers to contribute.

The company will also partner withone or more leading technology compa-nies to create an open platform that willpower the index.

“It is not our goal to create or ownthis index,” said Duke. “We want to spurthe development of a common databasethat will allow the consortium to collectand analyze the knowledge of the globalsupply chain. We think this shareddatabase will generate opportunities tobe more innovative and to improve thesustainability of products andprocesses.”

The final step in developing theindex will be to translate the productinformation into a simple rating forconsumers about the sustainability ofproducts. This will provide customerswith the transparency into the qualityand history of products that they don’thave today.

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Retailer to encourageuse of eco-friendlymanufacturing

A mother worried when it was gettingawfully late and her daughter, Debbie,wasn't yet home. Not knowing anyfriend's phone numbers, she looked onDebbie's computer and saw a list of e-mail addresses.

She sent a note to each one asking ifthey knew where her daughter was.Within twenty minutes, she received 16replies all saying that she shouldn’tworry, that Debbie was spending thenight at their house and had simply for-gotten to call.

New California C&Drecycling center toprovide relief to landfills

Business and community environ-mental leaders joined executives fromWaste Management (WM) to unveil aConstruction and Demolition (C&D)Processing and Recycling Center thatwill generate new green jobs in ElCajon. Using the latest in eco-technol-ogy, the facility will recover andprocess up to 130,000 tons of com-mercial construction waste, as well astraditional recyclables, annually.

The C&D Processing and Recycling Center was built in response to growingconsumer and government interest in green programs to both reduce the amount ofbuilding materials waste going to landfills and to encourage reuse, recycling andrecovery. C&D accounts for more than 22 percent of the overall waste stream in Cal-ifornia, 35 percent of the waste at Miramar Landfill, and it is estimated at more than100,000 tons annually for the unincorporated areas of the county and over 1 milliontons countywide.

From sheet rock and concrete to wood and metal, the $7 million, state-of-the-artsorting line, custom built for WM by Lubo, separates C&D recyclable items fromthe waste stream collected at commercial building sites or home remodeling proj-ects. The line also has state-of-the-art TiTech optical sorting capabilities for the pro-cessing of dry recyclables such as aluminum cans, glass and newspapers fromcommercial trash loads. Fully staffed, the line could employ up to 30 people andprocess up to 30-35 tons per hour of C&D materials and approximately 25 tons perhour of dry recyclables.

The materials processed through the sort line can be sold for use in a number ofdifferent ways. Sheet rock may be transformed into soil amendment for farmingapplications while scrap metal can be recycled to make other steel products. Woodcan be processed into landscape cover or used to generate green power.

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Solo creates compostablesugarcane products

Solo Cup Company introduced Bare by Solo com-postable plates made with sugarcane.

The new plates offer an environmentally preferableway to serve meals, using renewable materials that canalso reduce the amount of waste sent to landfills.

Solo also is rolling out a Bare compostable cup madewith a bio-based plastic that comes from renewable plantssuch as corn. The new Bare plates and cups are compostablein commercial composting facilities.

Bare is the first full line of eco-forward single-useproducts for serving food and beverages made with recycled, recyclable, com-postable or renewable materials.

The sugarcane plates are strong and soak-through resistant and are available indinner, lunch and dessert sizes. The bio-based plastic cup is available in a 14-ouncesize that fits smaller hands and grown-ups alike. The new products expand the Bareline for consumers that already includes plates made with plant-based renewableresources and cups made with 20-percent recycled plastic.

The Bare sugarcane plates and compostable cup are certified compostable bythe Biodegradable Products Institute (BPI) when composted in a commercial com-posting facility. If composted, the products do not contribute to landfill waste. Com-mercial composting programs that accommodate single-use foodservice productsvary by area and may not be available in your community. To determine the avail-ability and policies of commercial composting facilities in your community, checkwith your local municipality.

RecycleBank launches recyclingprogram in Westland, Michigan

Westland, Michigan, Mayor WilliamR. Wild successfully ushered Recycle-Bank, the rewards-for-recycling program,to over 26,000 households in Westland.

Westland looks to save a considerableamount of money through diverting recy-clables away from the waste stream andinto a profitable recycling market.

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According to the American Forest& Paper Association’s (AF&PA) June2009 Printing-Writing Paper Report,total printing-writing paper shipmentsdecreased 19.6 percent in June com-pared to June 2008. For the year to date,shipments were down 22.7 percent.United States purchases (shipments plusimports less exports) of printing-writingpapers dropped 21.8 percent in June ver-sus year-ago June and declined 24.1 per-cent for the year to date. Totalprinting-writing paper inventory levelsdecreased 22,600 tons, or 1.1 percent,from May, as uncoated paper inventorydeclines more than offset coated papersinventory increases.

First half 2009 uncoated free sheet(UFS) shipments were lower than firsthalf 2008. UFS shipments were down15.6 percent compared to June 2008, to815,500 tons. While the June decrease isthe largest in the past four months, June2008 shipments were the second highestrecorded in 2008 – the highest was Janu-ary 2008. For the first half of 2009, UFSshipments were 15.2 percent below lastyear. U.S. purchases of UFS were alsodown, declining 16.1 percent when com-pared to June 2008. UFS inventoriesdecreased 4.8 percent compared to lastmonth, a decline of 51,800 tons.

Coated free sheet (CFS) shipmentsdeclined sharply for the sixth consecu-

tive month. CFS shipments dropped by27.5 percent compared to June 2008, to280,900 tons. For the year to date, ship-ments of CFS were down 29.0 percent.United States purchases of CFSdecreased even more, down 33.8 percentcompared to last June and were off 32.1percent for the year to date. CFS inven-tories increased 5.3 percent compared toMay, an increase of 32,600 tons.

Declines in coated mechanical(CM) shipments slows but still in dou-ble-digits. CM shipments fell 16.6 per-cent when compared to June 2008,settling in at 280,700 tons. Year to dateshipments of CM were down 32.7 per-cent compared to last year. United Statespurchases of CM were down 20.2 per-cent compared to June 2008, and for theyear to date were down 33.6 percent.CM inventories increased 2.4 percent, or6,900 tons, from last month.

Uncoated mechanical (UM) ship-ments declined by more than 20 percentcompared to 2008 for all six months of2009. UM shipments decreased 28.8percent when compared to June 2008, to142,400 tons, and for the year to datewere down 27.6 percent. United Statespurchases of UM were down 24.5 per-cent when compared to June 2008 andwere down 25.0 percent for the year todate. UM inventories decreased 10.2percent, or 10,400 tons, from May.

San Francisco passes toughrecycling, composting law

The San Francisco Board of Super-visors has passed a mandatory compost-ing law that is believed to be the strictestsuch ordinance in the nation. Residentswill be required to have three color-coded trash bins, for trash, recycling,and compost. Residents and businessesthat fail to recycle or compost the appro-priate waste could be fined. San Fran-cisco, which boasts a recycling rate of72 percent, has aggressively pursuedgreen initiatives such as banning plasticbags at supermarkets. The city eventu-ally wants to eliminate all waste going tolandfills by 2020.

Robert Reed, a spokesman forRecology (formerly Norcal Waste), saidthat waste collectors will not pickthrough anyone’s garbage. Rather, ifworkers notice recyclables from binsbeing emptied, they will leave “a lovenote” alerting the customer of non-com-pliance.

A moratorium on imposing fineswill end in 2010, after which repeatoffenders like individuals and smallbusinesses generating less than a cubicyard of refuse a week face fines of up to

$100. Businesses that don’t provide theproper containers face a $500 fine.

A comprehensive study conductedby the Department of the Environmentfound that 36 percent of what San Fran-cisco sends to landfills is compostable,primarily food scraps, and 31 percent isrecyclable — which is mostly paper.There are facilities in the City and sur-rounding areas that reuse, recycle, com-post or otherwise process and marketmost materials discarded in San Fran-cisco, saving this material from landfilland creating green-collar jobs.

San Francisco Mayor Newsom saida primary goal of the mandatory recy-cling ordinance, which was cosponsoredby Supervisors Ross Mirkarimi andChris Daly, is to get recycling and com-posting happening in buildings where itis not currently provided.

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Greenstar opens largestrecycling facility in Texas

Houston-based Greenstar NorthAmerica, the largest municipal recyclerin Texas, announced that it has officiallyopened the largest recycling facility inTexas. The new plant is among thelargest, most automated single streamfacilities in North America. It has thecapacity to process 20,000 tons permonth at its 180,000 square foot facilitylocated on nine acres in San Antonio.

Greenstar has experienced a dra-matic rise in recycling rates across itsTexas markets, particularly in San Anto-nio. San Antonio rates have increased ashigh as 200 percent over the previouscollection approach in some areas. Thesharp increase is a direct result of thecity implementing a single stream col-lection system as well as convertingtheir existing 18-gallon collection sys-tem to 95 gallon carts. Single streamprocessing lets participants put recy-clables conveniently into one bin, allow-

ing for more efficient collection of mate-rials and a decrease in labor.

While Texas has not traditionallybeen known for its recycling programs,Greenstar sees that perception shifting inthe near future. Greenstar selected Texasas its North American headquarters rec-ognizing there is significant amount ofpotential on the commercial and munici-pal side for growth in recycling. Green-star’s level of investment has beensignificant: it invested over $300 millionin its United States recycling businessover the last two years, of which $50million has been invested in Texas and intotal, over this same period, its parentcompany, NTR, invested over $700 mil-lion in its United States environmentalbusinesses.

The facility employs approximately100 people and accepts single streammaterials from other recycling programsacross the Central and South Texas region.

New California law will providefree mercury thermostat recycling

A new California law designed toprotect public health and reducetaxpayer costs through the collectionof mercury thermostats is now effective.The Mercury Thermostat CollectionAct of 2008 (AB 2347, Ruskin)increases the number of thermostat col-lection locations and makes recyclingmore convenient.

The law requires heating and airconditioning wholesalers with physical

locations in California to collectthermostats from the public and contrac-tors. Retailers are also encouraged toparticipate.

Co-sponsored by the CaliforniaProduct Stewardship Council (CPSC)and Sierra Club California, AB 2347 isCalifornia’s first full producer responsi-bility legislation and makes Californiaonly the third state to pass such a law inan effort to protect public health.


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Shaw is a recycler of post-con-sumer carpet, and the comprehensive

Shaw Green Edge Recycling programreclaims and recycles carpet nation-wide. At the company’s EvergreenRecycling Facility in Augusta, Georgia,post-consumer carpet is recovered andthen remanufactured.

The by-product of the recyclingprocess is also recovered for ultimatereuse as post-consumer recycled contentin carpet backing. Shaw also manufac-tures a line of wood flooring from post-industrial recycled wood that uses 50percent less harvested wood than com-parable engineered wood flooring. Car-pet scraps, along with all wastegenerated from laminate manufacturingat Shaw’s facility in Ringgold, Georgia,

is diverted from landfills and used togenerate fuel. An innovative waste-to-energy technology converts carpet andwood waste to steam energy throughgasification.

Shaw is joining EPA’s WasteWiseprogram as it is launching a project tobetter track its efforts in reducing theamount of post-industrial waste pro-duced in all of its carpet, rug, hardwoodand laminate manufacturing facilities.The total post-industrial waste producedwill be compared to the amount of fin-ished production, and Shaw intents tosignificantly reduce that percentageover the next three years and beyond.

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California law will provide freemercury thermostat recycling

A new California law designed toprotect public health and reduce taxpayercosts through the collection of mercurythermostats is now effective. The MercuryThermostat Collection Act of 2008 (AB2347, Ruskin) increases the number ofcollection locations and makes recyclingmore convenient. The law requires heatingand air conditioning wholesalers withlocations in California to collect thermo-stats. Retailers are also encouraged to par-ticipate.

Co-sponsored by the California Prod-uct Stewardship Council (CPSC) andSierra Club California, AB 2347 is Cali-fornia’s first full producer responsibilitylegislation and makes California only the

third state to pass such a law in an effort toprotect public health.

“We want contractors and the pub-lic to know that this new law is in effectto protect the public from mercury expo-sure,” says Heidi Sanborn, CPSC execu-tive director. “Having the producers fundand manage the collection systemreduces public costs to manage the prod-uct at the end-of-life and is in line withthe overall framework for an ExtendedProducer Responsibly (EPR) systemadopted by the California IntegratedWaste Management Board in 2008.”

Information about free thermostatrecycling in California can be found atwww.calpsc.org/products/thermostats.html.

American Red Cross charged withbio-hazardous waste dumping

The Teamsters Union filed a com-plaint with the Environmental Investiga-tions Division of the City of St. Louischarging American Red Cross withdumping biomedical waste into the regu-lar trash stream.

The complaint was filed after redbiohazard bags were found in opengarbage dumpsters outside of the RedCross Blood Services Division Head-quarters in St. Louis filled with trashheaded for landfills.

“We have an obligation to makesure our employers are responsible stew-ards of the environment and are notengaging in practices that violate healthor environmental regulations,” saidJames P. Hoffa, Teamsters general presi-dent. “We believe that the American RedCross also has a responsibility to thecommunity to ensure that it is not endan-gering the public’s health or violatingthe letter or spirit of state or federal envi-ronmental laws.

Teamsters file charges against American Red Cross

Waste Management Recycle Amer-ica, a wholly-owned subsidiary of WasteManagement, announced a partnershipwith iGo, a provider of portable powersolutions, to increase domestic electron-ics recycling and reduce landfill waste.Through this partnership, WM RecycleAmerica, the nation’s largest residentialrecycler, will provide environmentallycertified recycling services for iGo elec-tronic waste.

Through the “iGo Recycles” con-sumer electronics and charger recyclingprogram, iGo customers can mail backtheir used products, which WM RecycleAmerica will process to recover valuablecomponents for reuse.

WM Recycle America, an ISO Cer-tified partner, recycles this material inconjunction with the Basel Action Net-work (BAN) Electronics Recycler’sPledge of True Stewardship. In accor-dance with this program, WM RecycleAmerica processes all hazardous materi-als domestically, protects workers’health and tracks e-waste throughout therecycling chain.

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Veolia ES Solid Waste, Inc. hasappointed Jim Long to the position ofpresident and CEO of that organization.He replaces former CEO RichardBurke, who was recently promoted topresident and CEO of Veolia Environ-mental Services North America Corp.(VESNA).

Long was president and CEO ofATC Transportation, which was sold toVeolia Transportation North America in2005. He also served in various financeand operational leadership roles duringhis 13 years with Waste Management inEurope and the United States.

As CEO of VESNA, Burke now hasoversight for all of the company’s oper-ating divisions in North America,encompassing solid waste collection andrecycling, hazardous waste processingand disposal, industrial and marine serv-ices, and waste-to-energy operations.

Veolia namesnew CEO to solidwaste division

Science Applications InternationalCorporation announced that it has signeda definitive agreement to acquire R.W.Beck Group, Inc., a provider of businessand technical consulting services inengineering, energy and infrastructure.R.W. Beck is headquartered in Seattle,Washington.

Founded in 1942, R. W. Beck’s 550technically-based business consultants –including engineers, economists, ana-lysts and other professionals – developsustainable solutions specific to cus-tomers’ engineering, economic, plan-ning, operational and organizationalchallenges. R.W. Beck’s customersinclude utility organizations, govern-ment entities, financial institutions andother commercial customers.

The definitive agreement includesSAIC’s acquisition of Beck DisasterRecovery (BDR), Inc. R. W. Beck is themajority owner of BDR. The companyprovides all hazards mitigation, pre-paredness/planning, response, recoveryand reconstruction services; continuityand emergency operations planning; riskmanagement and mitigation; and train-ing services to local and state govern-ment agencies nationwide.

R.W. Beck will join SAIC’s Infra-structure, Logistics and Product Solu-tions Group led by group president JoeCraver. The Group, one of four at SAIC,provides technical and engineering solu-tions for a variety of customers and mis-sion areas including all hazardspreparedness and logistics; energy man-agement services; and environmentalsupport. R.W. Beck’s core consultingand engineering organization will jointhe Group’s Energy, Environment, andInfrastructure business unit led by J.T.Grumski to combine synergies in envi-ronmental services. BDR will join theHomeland Protection and Preparednessbusiness unit led by John Ferriter.

The acquisition is expected to closeat the beginning of August 2009, subjectto R. W. Beck shareholder approval andcustomary closing conditions, includingexpiration or early termination of thewaiting period.

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Scrap metals industry representativetestifies before senate subcommittee

Mark Lewon, vice president ofoperations for Utah Metal Works of SaltLake City, testified before the UnitedStates Senate Judiciary Committee’sSubcommittee on Crime and Drugs,voicing support for the scrap recyclingindustry’s cooperative/collaborativeapproach to combating the problem ofmetal theft.

“Rather than simply restating statelaws that have been enacted over thepast few years and which have notproven effective, we support efforts tocraft national legislation that builds onsuccessful strategies including coopera-tion and communication amongst allstakeholders,” Lewon stated. “Ulti-mately focusing efforts on preventingthe crime will better serve victims andcommunities.”

Lewon, also speaking on behalf ofthe 1550 members of the Institute ofScrap Recycling Industries, Inc. (ISRI),continued by stating, “ISRI members areseriously committed to reducing metaltheft. In 2006, ISRI developed Recom-

mended Best Management Practices,which guide our members on how toidentify stolen property, document theirpurchases, validate identity, install cam-eras in the scrap yard, and catch thieves.In cooperation with law enforcement,ISRI has pioneered the use of collabora-tive coalitions of victims, law enforce-ment, prosecutors, and recyclers toprevent the crime or to catch a thief. Notechnique works better than this one. Iwork closely with a coalition in SaltLake City and County. Crime is downand we catch and prosecute thieves.”

“ISRI members recognize their keyrole in addressing metal theft. After all,we are the experts in scrap metal recy-

cling. There are no easy solutions. Whatour expertise has taught us, however, isthat the best way to approach the crimeof metal theft is through communicationbetween recyclers, law enforcement, vic-tims and prosecutors. Much more than ametal theft statute, that’s what it takes.”

“Metal theft will not stop simply bybanning the customary use of cash. Fur-ther regulating us doesn’t stop a thiefwho will find an underground way tomove his contraband. As much as wewould like to believe it so, simply enact-ing new laws won’t cause resource-strapped law enforcement agencies tosuddenly make metal theft a priority.Nor will it cause prosecutors to go afterthieves. Nor will it stop thieves fromcrossing state lines unless you include apreemption provision in a bill that takesaway their incentive to do so.”

“The scrap recycling industry looksforward to developing a national solu-tion to this problem with all the stake-holders.”

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The Oregon House of Representa-tives unanimously passed legislation tocombat metal theft, completing a three-year process and a bipartisan effort tostem the growth in metal theft. SB 570imposes new fines and penalties onmetal thieves and improves the ability ofthe state’s law enforcement communityto monitor transactions.

State Rep. Brent Barton (D-Clacka-mas) and State Rep. Andy Olson (R-

Albany) were the House participants in abicameral work group that came up withthe final agreement.

“Metal theft affects both rural andurban communities and fuels the methepidemic in Oregon,” said Barton.

SB 570 contains several main com-ponents that will end the ease withwhich metal thieves are able to tradestolen products for cash, including:

•Clarifying the duties of scrapmetal businesses to notify law enforce-ment if they believe that the metal prop-erty they purchased or received isstolen.

•Requiring scrap metal businessesto collect and retain for one year a metalproperty record from individuals andcompanies that engage in the selling ofmetal products.

•Creating misdemeanor crime forunlawfully altering metal property, forexample obliterating a serial number.

•Requiring that payment for scrapmetal is given no sooner than three busi-ness days after sale and delivered by amailed check to the seller’s streetaddress.

The bill is now being reviewed bythe Senate.


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MAY2009148118613328262622

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6451,123

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President Barak Obama signed into law the Cash forClunkers legislation (Title XIII - Consumer Assistance toRecycle and Save Program) on June 24. The new regulationsare to be published by the Department of Transportation onJuly 24, which will officially launch the program.

The limited program (the program is set to expire this fall) will provide $1 bil-lion in grants for automobile purchases by consumers.

To learn how the legislation and regulations will affect automobile sales andmanufacturing, the auto recycling industry and the overall economy, AmericanRecycler queried Charles Territo, the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers’ seniordirector of communications for his take on this economic stimulus package.

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Territo: Automakers are hopeful that the Cashfor Clunkers (CARS) program can provide amuch need boost in auto sales and dealershipfoot traffic. Automakers believe a wellcraftedfleet modernization program will provide twobeneficial effects – helping to stimulate autosales during the current economic/credit crisisand replacing older, less fuel-efficient vehicleswith cleaner, safer, more fuel-efficient ones.A fleet modernization program can deliver ben-efits to consumers, the environment and theeconomy.

What is this importance of this legislationand its accompanying regulations?

Territo: This legislation has the potential toadd as many as 250,000 vehicles to the autorecycling industry. The law stipulates that onlythe engine must be scrapped and renderedinoperable. All other vehicle parts can bereused.

How will the legislation and regulationsaffect the auto recycling industry?

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Vehicles today are 75 percent cleaner forsmog forming emissions than vehicles just fiveyears ago. The program is designed to encour-age consumers to trade in their older, less effi-cient vehicles for cleaner, safer and more fuel-efficient new vehicles. Ultimately, oil savingsand emissions reductions will happen only ifbuyers can use this program to buy vehiclesthat meet their needs.

How is the legislation expected to reducegreen house gas emissions? How impor-tant is it for the environment to removeolder cars from service?

Territo: Companies are in the process of com-piling information about eligible vehicles. Thenumber of vehicles a company has will play alarge part in how the program will stimulatetheir sales. The CARS program is open to allmanufacturers and new automobile dealers.Around the world, consumers are already ben-efiting from similar programs, and the resultingeconomic stimulus has been significant. InJanuary, Germany implemented a fleet mod-ernization program. At the end of the firstmonth of the program, sales in Germany wereup 21 percent over 2008. Corresponding salesin the United States were down 41 percent forthe same period. Fleet modernization pro-grams have been adopted in China, U.K.,Brazil, Spain, Austria, France, Italy, Portugal,Romania and Slovakia, and are under consid-eration in several others.

How will the legislation stimulate autosales, especially by GM, Chrysler andFord?

Territo: It is estimated that there are roughly77 million vehicles eligible for trade-in underthe terms of the CARS program. If 1 in every300 eligible vehicles is traded in, this programwill be an overwhelming success.

How do you think the public will react tothe legislation and do you think peoplewill make the connection between theneed to stimulate the auto industry andhelp to reduce GHG?

Territo: The auto recycling industry can workwith local auto dealers and help coordinate thescrappage efforts for vehicles traded in as partof the CARS program.

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Territo: Continued investment in advancedtechnologies, retooling and research anddevelopment of battery technology. Since con-sumers are often reluctant to pay higherupfront costs, policymakers can acceleratesales of fuel-efficient autos through consumerincentives like tax credits and auto loan inter-est tax deductibility.

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Steel imports declineBased on preliminary Census

Bureau data, the American Iron andSteel Institute (AISI) reported that theUnited States imported a total of1,020,000 net tons (NT) of steel in May2009, including 1,002,000 NT of fin-ished steel (down 17 percent and 11 per-cent, respectively, vs. April final data).Total and finished steel imports on anannualized basis are down 42 percentand 33 percent, respectively, vs. 2008.Annualized total imports of steel in 2009would be 18.6 million NT. Finished steelimport market share was an estimated 22percent in May and year-to-date (YTD)through five months is an estimated 29percent.

Key products with increases in May2009 compared to April include Rein-forcing Bar (up 44 percent), Oil Country

Goods (up 23 percent) and Plates-in-Coils (up 21 percent). For YTD 2009 vs.the same period last year, OCTG imports(led by China) are up 30 percent.

In May, the largest volume of fin-ished imports from offshore was fromChina (148,000 NT, up 49 percent fromApril). The May tonnage from Chinawas 15 percent of all finished importsand, based on YTD data, finished steelimports from China in 2009 would annu-alize at 2.8 million NT. Other major off-shore suppliers in May were SouthKorea (118,000 NT, up 66 percent fromApril), Japan (61,000, down 27 percent)and Taiwan (33,000 NT, down 3 per-cent). For YTD 2009 vs. the same periodlast year, finished imports are up signifi-cantly for a number of countries –including China (up by 23 percent).

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METALSNucor reports secondquarter and first half results

Nucor Corporation announced aconsolidated net loss of $133.3 million,or $0.43 per diluted share, for the secondquarter of 2009, compared to a net lossof $189.6 million, or $0.60 per dilutedshare, in the first quarter of 2009, animprovement of 30 percent. The resultscompare to net income of $580.8 mil-lion, or $1.94 per diluted share, in thesecond quarter of 2008.

In the first half of 2009, Nucorreported a consolidated net loss of$323.0 million, or $1.03 per dilutedshare, compared with net earnings of$990.5 million, or $3.36 per dilutedshare, in the first half of last year.

In the second quarter of 2009,Nucor’s consolidated net sales decreased7 percent to $2.48 billion compared with$2.65 billion in the first quarter of 2009and decreased 65 percent compared with$7.09 billion in the second quarter of2008. Average sales price per tondecreased 16 percent from the first quar-ter of 2009 and decreased 34 percentfrom the second quarter of 2008. Totaltons shipped to outside customers were4,116,000 tons in the second quarter of2009, an increase of 11 percent over thefirst quarter of 2009 and a decrease of 47percent from the second quarter of 2008.

In the first half of 2009, Nucor’sconsolidated net sales decreased 57 per-

cent to $5.13 billion, compared with$12.06 billion in last year’s first half.Average sales price per ton decreased 23percent while total tons shipped to out-side customers decreased 45 percentfrom the first half of 2008.

The average scrap and scrap substi-tute cost per ton used in the secondquarter of 2009 was $312, a decrease of6 percent compared with $333 in thefirst quarter of 2009 and a decrease of32 percent from $456 in the secondquarter of 2008. The average scrap andscrap substitute cost per ton used in thefirst half of 2009 was $322, a decreaseof 19 percent from $396 in the first halfof 2008.

At The David J. Joseph Company,total volumes in the second quarter(both scrap processing and brokerage)were approximately 50 percent of theprior year; however, in both cases, thevolumes improved each month of thequarter and show a strong start to thethird quarter.

In June, Nucor’s board of directorsdeclared a cash dividend of $0.35 pershare payable on August 11, 2009 tostockholders of record on June 30,2009. This dividend is Nucor’s one-hun-dred forty-fifth consecutive quarterlycash dividend.

Gerdau Ameristeel closesmill; suspends production

Gerdau Ameristeel Corporation issuspending production at its Sayreville,New Jersey steel mill and closing itsrolling mill in neighboring PerthAmboy, New Jersey due to lowerdemand for its products resulting fromthe downturn in the economy. The com-pany said these actions are expected tooccur gradually over the next severalmonths. The company indicated that itwould restart operations at the Sayre-ville facility when business conditionswarrant.

The company is also entering intodiscussions with the United Steel Work-ers regarding the potential closure of theCompany’s steel mill located in SandSprings, Oklahoma.

Service to customers will be unin-terrupted and will be provided by pro-duction from Gerdau Ameristeel’sextensive network of steel mills in theUnited States and Canada. The Sayre-ville facility will continue to carry a fullrange of products in inventory availablefor shipment or customer pickup untilproduction resumes.

Mario Longhi, President and CEOof Gerdau Ameristeel commented, “This

was a very difficult decision that cameafter careful analysis and review of themarketplace, our production capabilities,and the most cost effective alternativesto meet the current and future needs ofour customers throughout North Amer-ica during this unprecedented economicdownturn. These actions follow a seriesof steps the company has taken over thelast nine months to reduce its costs. Weunderstand the impact that these deci-sions will have on the lives of ouremployees and our communities, butunfortunately market conditions man-dated that these actions be taken at thistime. The company will make everyeffort to help displaced employeesthrough this time of transition.”

In connection with these actions,depending on the outcome of the SandSprings discussions, the Companyexpects to incur an after tax charge fromapproximately $80 million to $140 mil-lion related to these closures. Of theseamounts, between approximately $15million to $30 million are expected to becash costs for severance and facility clo-sure expenses.

April steel shipments downThe American Iron and Steel Insti-

tute reported that for the month of April2009, United States steel mills shipped4,042,000 net tons, a 57.0 percentdecrease from the 9,403,000 net tonsshipped in April 2008 and a 2.3 percentdecrease from the 4,138,000 net tonsshipped in the previous month, March2009.

A year-to-year comparison of year-to-date shipments shows the followingchanges within major market classifica-tions: service centers and distributors,down 56.2 percent; automotive, down55.4 percent; construction and contrac-tors’ products, down 55.0 percent; andoil and gas, down 54.9 percent.

Severstal Wheeling agrees to sellPennsylvania sheet rolling facility

Severstal Wheeling, Inc., a businessunit of Severstal North America, Inc.,has signed a letter of intent to sell itsAllenport, Pennsylvania sheet rollingplant to North American Trading Com-pany, LLC (NATCO).

The plant includes a pickle line, tan-dem mill, box anneal facility and tempermill, all critical to the final forming andconditioning of light flat rolled steel prod-ucts. Cold mill sheet is used by a widerange of consuming industries includingautomotive, appliance and construction.

The facility operated until May 2008when it was temporarily idled due toduplicative facilities elsewhere in SeverstalNorth America and Severstal Wheeling.

Under new ownership, the mill isexpected to produce stainless-clad sheetsteel, the core of NATCO’s business, forappliance, automotive and culinary uses.

The letter of intent calls for SeverstalNorth America to sell all equipment andplant property of about 400 acres toNATCO. The prospective buyer is cur-rently performing due diligence and dis-cussing operating plans with the UnitedSteel Workers to staff the facility with for-mer Severstal Wheeling employees. Pend-ing the execution of a purchase agreementbetween Severstal North America andNATCO, Severstal North America antici-pates completing the sale of Allenport toNATCO in August 2009.

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ALTERNATIVE ENERGYRentech acquires SilvaGasand investment in ClearFuels

Rentech, Inc. announced that it hascompleted two investment agreementswith biomass gasification technologycompanies. These agreements representmajor steps forward in Rentech’s strat-egy of offering integrated solutions forthe conversion of various types of urbanand rural biomass feedstocks into high-value energy products such as renewablesynthetic jet fuel, diesel fuel and electricpower.

Rentech has signed a definitiveagreement to acquire 100 percent of Sil-vaGas Corporation and its commercial-scale biomass gasification technology,which converts urban waste feedstocksinto synthesis gas (syngas).

Rentech has also executed agree-ments with ClearFuels Technology Inc.,a bio-energy gasification and projectdevelopment company, whose technol-ogy converts rural virgin cellulosic bio-mass feedstocks into syngas. Rentechhas acquired a 25 percent ownershipinterest in ClearFuels, and has agreed tothe installation of a ClearFuels biomassgasifier at the Company’s ProductDemonstration Unit (PDU). The agree-ment with ClearFuels provides for multi-ple licensing agreements for the RentechProcess at bio-energy facilities underdevelopment by ClearFuels.

With the SilvaGas acquisition,Rentech acquires a biomass gasificationtechnology that has operated at commer-cial scale and is planned for deploymentat Rentech’s Rialto Renewable EnergyCenter under a licensing agreement withSilvaGas. The SilvaGas gasifier can han-dle urban waste streams that are morevaried than the virgin biomass streamsthat the ClearFuels gasifier has beenoptimized to convert.

ClearFuels’ technology can convertrural virgin biomass feedstocks into syn-thesis gas that is cleaner and requiresless conditioning, leading to highly effi-cient conversion into synthetic liquidfuels. Commercial deployment of theClearFuels technology first requires theconstruction and operation of a demon-stration scale facility, on which Rentechand ClearFuels will collaborate by plac-

ing a ClearFuels gasifier at Rentech’sPDU in Colorado.

Integration of these complementarygasification technologies with Rentech’sproprietary syngas conditioning andcleanup technology and the RentechProcess will enable Rentech to offerintegrated packages for renewable fuelsand power production. These offeringscan be tailored to optimize the conver-sion of a variety of renewable feedstocktypes into ultra-clean diesel fuel, jet fueland electric power.

The life-cycle carbon footprint ofrenewable fuels and power facilitiesusing either gasifier, coupled with theRentech Fischer-Tropsch Process forsynthetic fuels, can be near zero. Therenewable synthetic diesel and jet fuelsproduced at these facilities will meet allapplicable fuels standards, be compati-ble with existing engines and pipelines,and burn cleanly, with emissions of par-ticulates and other regulated pollutantssignificantly lower than emissions of tra-ditional fuels.

The renewable fuels produced frombiomass using Rentech’s technologieswill meet the federally-mandatedRenewable Fuels Standard (RFS). TheRFS requires minimum annual levels ofrenewable fuel production in the UnitedStates and sets a standard that starts at 9billion gallons in 2008 and rises to 36billion gallons by 2022. Of the lattertotal, 21 billion gallons are required tobe obtained from advanced biofuels pro-duction.

The renewable power producedusing either gasifier is expected to qual-ify under the Renewable Portfolio Stan-dard (RPS) program, which requiresutilities to increase the amount of elec-tric power they sell from qualifiedrenewable energy resources. Accordingto the Energy Information Administra-tion (EIA), as of November 2008, 28states and the District of Columbia hadlegislatively mandated RPS programs.The EIA estimates that electricity gener-ated from biomass will comprise nearly30 percent or 243 billion Kilowatt-hoursof renewable electricity in 2030.

Republic’s landfill provides biogasto Anheuser-Busch Brewery

Republic Services, Inc. has begun toprovide biogas from its McCarty RoadLandfill to the Anheuser-Busch brewery inHouston for use as an alternative fuelsource. The project was developed as partof a partnership with Ameresco that con-structed and operates a biogas processingfacility on the landfill’s property.

Once processed by Ameresco’s opera-tion, the gas is carried through a six-milepipeline to the Anheuser-Busch brewery tohelp generate steam energy for the brew-ery’s power plant. More than 55 percent ofthe brewery’s fuel demand will be sup-plied by this new alternative fuel source.Additional gas from the McCarty Road

landfill also is captured, processed andsold to a local utility.

McCarty Road Landfill is the mainrecipient of refuse from the residents andbusinesses in east Houston and the sur-rounding suburbs. The landfill employsmore than 124 area residents.

Republic Services plans for a portionof their project revenue to go toward areanon-profit causes. Harris County Commis-sioner El Franco Lee will assist RepublicServices in identifying worthwhile causesin communities around the landfill.

The McCarty Road Landfill gas proj-ect is one of 75 alternative energy projectsat Republic Services’ landfills nationwide.

GE Energy’s gas enginesgenerating electricity atlandfill gas-to-energy plant

One of California’s most powerfullandfill gas-to-energy projects to open inthe last five years has started supplyingrenewable electricity to the San Fran-cisco Bay region as the state continuesimplementing new anti-greenhouse gasinitiatives.

The output of the plant is enough toprovide electrical power for 7,500 to10,000 average homes and will be soldto existing customers and project part-ners, the City of Palo Alto and the Cityof Alameda. The plant is twice as power-ful as other landfill gas projects in north-ern California.

Built by energy developer AmerescoInc., the 11.5 MW biogas plant is locatedat the Ox Mountain Landfill, which isowned and operated by Republic Servicesand located in Half Moon Bay in SanMateo County. The biogas plant is pow-ered by GE Energy’s ecomagination-certi-fied Jenbacher landfill gas engines.

Inside the plant, six of GE Energy’sJenbacher JGS 616 GS-L.L generatorsets are using the landfill’s methane-richgas to generate renewable electricity 24hours a day. A portion of the electricityis being used to support the landfill’s on-site operations, while surplus power issold to the cities of Palo Alto andAlameda to support the Bay region‘srenewable energy goals.

The new biogas project reduces theneed for Ameresco and the local govern-ments to purchase energy from traditionalfossil fuel power plants. Also, by capturingand using landfill gas to generate electric-ity, less of the gas needs to be flared intothe atmosphere.

The Ox Mountain plant is one ofabout 540 new “candidate” UnitedStates projects identified by the LMOPprogram. It also is one of 75 alternativeenergy projects at Republic Services’landfills nationwide.

SC Johnson installs windmillSC Johnson launched its first owned

and operated windmill at its Europlant inMijdrecht, the Netherlands, its largestEuropean manufacturing plant.

This $4.7 million investment addsto SC Johnson’s strategic array of cleanenergy projects designed to reducegreenhouse gas emissions (GHG) and

further drive the company’s voluntaryGHG emissions goals.

The 262 foot tall wind turbine willgenerate 66 percent of the electricityneeded to power SC Johnson’s Euro-plant, preventing 3,930 metric tons(3,930,000 kilograms) of GHG annually.


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As promised, this month I willexplore the technique of bottom upbudgeting.

I was proud to learn about bottomup budgeting in my stint at FordMotor Co. after I sold them my recy-cling facilities in 1999.

It’s easy to just work on a budget,forecast some growth in sales or prod-ucts, make the expenses fixed or vari-able relative to the sales, and thencharge off to accomplish the goal.There’s the rub, hitting the goal.

Without bottom up budgeting anda bridge plan (another term you willfind explained on our discussionboards or in a future article here), thechances that you will hit your goal arenot good.

As you forecast increased sales,you must study the underlying met-rics. In automotive recycling, if youforecast a 5 percent increase in partssales, which seems achievable, howwill your metrics measuring buying,processing, and deliveries/fulfillmentbe affected?

Unless you are going to processthe same number of cars, but raise theprice per unit, you will need to buymore cars. Can you buy more? Ask thebuyers. Can you process more? Askthe dismantlers. Do you have the racksto hold more parts? Or are you plan-ning faster turns? Do you need to addanother salesperson? Will there bemore deliveries or shipping?

All of these departments arelikely to be affected, and unless youconsider all of their metrics in the

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Bottom up budgeting is also auseful method for planning capitalexpenses like buying another disman-tling lift, forklift, or even a new phonesystem to make your salespeople moreefficient. Do your salespeople wantthe new system badly enough to com-mit to the 5 percent goal withoutanother salesperson?

A restaurant has to consider tableturns, cost of food, and the size oftheir coolers before forecasting addi-tional sales. Do they have adequateparking for the new customers? Allbusinesses, from restaurants to electri-cal contractors, need bottom up budg-eting.

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In Recycled Rides (www.recy-cledrides.org), all segments of the autosalvage and collision repair industriescome together to fix up and donateworking automobiles to selected fami-lies in need in cities across the nation.The goal for the 2009 program will be torefurbish 140 vehicles, all simultane-ously donated to deserving familiesselected by local human service agen-cies, on November 23, 2009, the Mon-day before Thanksgiving.

Now in its third year, RecycledRides began with just seven vehiclesrepaired and donated in the first year.But the program has experiencedtwenty-fold growth in just two years, a

sure sign that the concept behind it isgood and fills a need. According toRecycled Rides chair Michael Quinn,the long-term goal for the program is500 vehicles donated per year, and hethinks this is doable sooner rather thanlater. Quinn is the co-founder and presi-dent of 911 Collision Centers located inTucson, Arizona.

The preferred vehicle for RecycledRides is a minivan less than eight yearsold with no more than 100,000 miles,and either a theft recovery or economictotal. Families in need of reliable trans-portation are identified in partnershipwith local charitable organizations.Insurance companies, paint and partsvendors, and the auto salvage industrydonate their resources to assist collisionrepair facilities in making this programpossible.

With CARS in effect,where do the cars go?

With automobile dealerships aroundthe country heavily marketing to theconsumer the benefits of the “clunker”trade-in under the federal government“Car Allowance Rebate System”(CARS) program in hopes to boost sales,there may be some question as to whathappens to those tens of thousands ofvehicles that are expected to be receivedfor new, more environmentally efficientones. Consumers and dealerships canrest assured that professional automotiverecyclers throughout the United Statesare poised and ready to process thosevehicles, and handle them according tothe rules set forth under the CARS pro-gram to achieve the highest of environ-mental standards. With protecting theenvironment being a major componentin this legislation, recycling these vehi-cles is the next logical step.

The automotive recycling industryis dedicated to the efficient removal andreuse of “green” automotive parts, andthe proper recycling of inoperable motorvehicles. With strong participation inbest-in-class programs such as the Certi-fied Automotive Recycler program andother partnerships, members of theAutomotive Recyclers Association(ARA) provide consumers with quality,low-cost alternatives for vehicle replace-

ment parts, while preserving our envi-ronment for a “greener” tomorrow.

Not all Americans can afford a newvehicle even with CARS benefits. Withtrade-ins processed through professionalautomotive recyclers, the availability ofrecycled parts to keep other vehiclesoperable is secured. American con-sumers and automobile repair businessespurchase these quality recycled vehiclecomponents every day to keep vehiclesrunning. They rely on parts from recy-cled vehicles because of their substantialsavings in reduced repair costs andlower insurance premiums, savings fromthe purchase of a replacement vehicle,and also for the strong environmentalbenefits, including the conservation ofnatural resources that would otherwisebe used to make new replacement parts.

The industry, predominantly com-prised of small business facilities,responds to the economic and environ-mental challenge of recycling thesevehicles. Rather than merely crushingwrecked, abandoned, or disabled auto-mobiles, today’s auto recycler maxi-mizes a car’s true market value, andgives new life through the reuse of partsto other vehicles that might otherwise beinoperable.

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Casella Waste posts heavyfourth quarter losses

Casella Waste Systems, Inc. reportedfinancial results for the fourth quarter and2009 fiscal year. The company’s recyclingrevenue slipped to $30.2 million from$45.6 million in 2008.

For the quarter ended April 30, 2009,the company reported revenues of $117.6million, down $22.0 million or 15.7 per-cent over the same quarter last year.Approximately fifty three percent of thedecline was due to a drop in recycling rev-enues, down $11.6 million over the samequarter last year primarily as the result oflower commodity prices.

Solid waste revenues including thecompany’s major accounts programs weredown approximately 11.0 percent from thesame quarter last year. Excluding fuel, oiland environmental recovery fees, pricingwas up 3.4 percent, and volumes weredown 5.9 percent (excluding revenuelosses due to the planned end-of-lifedecline of landfill volumes at the Pine Treelandfill in Hampden, Maine; the plannedclosure of the Colebrook landfill; and theidling of a C&D processing facility inOctober 2008).

The company’s net loss applicable tocommon shareholders was $68.5 million,or $2.67 per common share, compared to anet loss of $7.8 million last year.

“In spite of the collapse of the globalrecycling commodity markets mid-waythrough our 2009 fiscal year and anextended economic contraction, our teamexecuted well against the factors withinour control to meet our original free cash

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“During the third and fourth quarterswe experienced significant declines incommodity pricing and lower solid wastevolumes in more economically sensitivemarkets,” Casella said. “To meet our freecash flow target, we acted swiftly andthoughtfully to improve all aspects of ouroperating structure and daily businesspractices, and we successfully imple-mented programs that reduced costs andimproved asset utilization.


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Lee County’s Solid WasteResource Recovery Facilityreceives Florida award

Lee County, Florida and CovantaEnergy announced that the $120 millionexpansion of Lee County’s Solid WasteResource Recovery Facility has receivedthe 2009 Best Practices Award in thePartnership category from SustainableFlorida – Collins Center, a statewideorganization committed to promotingthe balance of economic interests withthe need to be socially and environmen-tally responsible.

A partnership arrangement betweenLee County and Covanta Energy, awholly-owned subsidiary of CovantaHolding Corporation, built the expan-sion project. Covanta Energy operatesthe expanded facility under a long-termcontract with the county.

The Lee County facility plays a piv-otal role in securing the long-term sus-tainable environmental future for the640,000 residents of Lee and Hendrycounties. It safely disposes of all munic-ipal solid waste generated in both coun-ties, using trash as fuel to produce clean,renewable electricity.

The expansion increased the facil-ity’s capacity approximately 50 percent,

enabling it to process an additional 636tons of municipal waste per day. Thefacility now processes 1,836 tons ofmunicipal solid waste daily, while gener-ating up to 57.3 megawatts of electricity,enough energy to power 36,000 homes.

Since 1994, the Lee County’s SolidWaste Resource Recovery Facility hasprocessed more than 5.5 million tons ofwaste and offset 5.5 million tons ofgreenhouse gases, the equivalent ofplanting 127 million trees. The facilityuses secondary sewage treatment efflu-ent from a city-owned treatment plantfor the majority of its process water. Thefacility is also equipped with both fer-rous and non-ferrous recovery systemsand has recycled 145,000 tons of metalsfrom the waste stream. The facilityexpansion was also named 2008 “Projectof the Year” in the renewable energy cat-egory by Power Engineering magazine.

The Pennsylvania Department ofEnvironmental Protection (DEP) enteredinto an agreement with Horwith TrucksInc., a Northampton-based waste trans-portation firm, for a $135,000 penalty toaddress various violations of the state’sSolid Waste Management Act.

DEP inspectors discovered the vio-lations during a routine review ofinbound waste receipt records at MAXEnvironmental Technologies in Yukon,Westmoreland County. Between March18 and April 15, Horwith transportedfrom New Jersey to Yukon 79 loads ofchromium-contaminated hazardouswaste soils. At least 65 of the 79 loadswere overweight and some significantlyso. As a result, Horwith saved a consid-erable amount of money by not comply-ing with the Vehicle Code and the SolidWaste Management Act’s weight restric-tions. All told, Horwith illegally trans-ported about 330,000 lbs. of hazardouswaste.

DEP also charged Horwith forusing, on seven occasions, two compa-nies not licensed to transport hazardouswaste in Pennsylvania. DEP continues toinvestigate the role MAX EnvironmentalTechnologies played in this case.

PennsylvaniaDEP settles withHorwith Trucks

RUBBER

Nearly 90 percent of tires that arereplaced and thrown away every year areput to a new productive use. The reuse rateof scrap tires tops most recovered wastematerials including glass bottles, paperand aluminum cans.

The ninth report on scrap tire marketsissued by the Rubber Manufacturers Asso-ciation (RMA) since 1994 shows contin-ued progress in scrap tire managementpractices across the nation resulting in sig-nificant reduction of scrap tire stockpilesand continued progress in putting wastetires to new uses.

“Scrap tire management in the UnitedStates is a huge environmental successstory,” said Michael Blumenthal, RMAvice president. “Markets for scrap tires aregrowing and old piles of scrap tires areshrinking.”

In 2007, 89.3 percent of the scraptires generated in the United States byweight were consumed in end-use mar-kets. The total volume of scrap tires con-sumed in end-use markets reachedapproximately 4105.8 thousand tons oftires – the largest amount ever sinceRMA began tabulating scrap tire statis-tics.

RMA estimates that about 4595.7thousand tons of tires were generated inthe United States in 2007. By comparison,in 2005, about 82 percent of tires wereconsumed by weight. In 1990, only elevenpercent of tires were consumed.

The percentage of scrap tires con-sumed by markets increased 13.5 percent,while the volume of tires utilizedincreased by about 489.7 thousand tons.The market percentage is affected not onlyby the volume of scrap tires consumed butalso by the volume of scrap tires gener-ated. The scrap tire generation rate hassteadily increased along with the popula-tion in the United States, which tempersthe increase in market percentage. This hasbeen a consistent trend since RMA beganto chronicle scrap tire markets in 1990.

More old tiresput to new uses– piles recede

Liberty Tire, a tire recycling business,has acquired Texas-based Able Tire Com-pany. Liberty and Able Tire’s merger rep-resents a partnering in the Texas andOklahoma scrap tire market.

With the acquisition, Liberty Tire willtake advantage of efficiencies while retain-ing the company’s leadership team.Through the company’s leadership, expert-ise and innovation, Able Tire established apaperless manifest system, a cradle-to-grave tire tracking system that includes thefiling of paperless records with the TexasState environmental authorities.

Liberty helps customers meet theirenvironmental goals by collecting andrecycling nearly 25 percent of America’sannual scrap tire production through a net-work of 14 facilities.

Liberty Tireacquires Able Tire

The United States EnvironmentalProtection Agency (EPA) has approved theTennessee Valley Authority’s plan to trans-fer coal ash from the Emory River near theTVA Kingston removal site in RoaneCounty, Tennessee, to the ArrowheadLandfill in Perry County, Alabama. EPA’sAdministrative Order on Consent withTVA requires that the coal ash from the

site be disposed of in accordance with themost stringent protective disposal stan-dards for municipal solid waste landfills.The Arrowhead Landfill was selectedbecause it meets and exceeds these stan-dards.

TVA identified potential disposalsites for disposal of approximately 3 mil-lion of the total 5.4 million cubic yards of

ash spilled at the Kingston site, and sub-mitted a disposal options analysis forEPA’s review and approval. TVA received25 proposals from potential disposal sitesand, of those, three sites accessible by railand four sites accessible by truck in Ala-bama, Georgia, Pennsylvania and Ten-nessee met screening criteria and wereevaluated.

Arrowhead Landfill complies with alltechnical requirements specified by fed-eral and state regulations. The landfill ispermitted to accept waste materials suchas coal ash and has the capacity to accom-modate the anticipated volume of material.The landfill features a compacted clayliner and a high density polyethylene liner;a leachate collection system that gathersliquids and pumps them to the surface fortreatment; and a protective cover. Thelandfill staff conducts regular groundwatermonitoring, and plans to conduct air mon-itoring to ensure worker safety. NorfolkSouthern has a direct rail line from theTVA facility to the landfill. Rail transportis preferred over truck transport becausethere is less potential for accidents, greaterfuel efficiency and no burden on road traf-fic. In addition, the thickness andextremely low permeability of the SelmaChalk Group geologic formation beneaththe Arrowhead Landfill provide for naturalprotection of groundwater.

The landfill is in an isolated area,located four to five miles from Uniontown,the nearest population center. The site has a100 foot buffer that surrounds the landfillproperty. EPA and the Alabama Depart-ment of Environmental Management willconduct ongoing monitoring of the landfillto ensure it is operated properly.

For longer-term response actions,including the removal and disposal of theremaining 2.4 million cubic yards of ashfrom embayments and surface areas, thepublic will have an opportunity to review

and comment on proposed actions beforedecisions are made.

For more information about EPA’sactivities at the Kingston site, visitwww.epakingstontva.com.


EventsCalendar

August 7th-9thPennsylvania Automotive Recycling TradeSociety’s Annual Convention & TradeExpo. Sheraton Harrisburg/Hershey,Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.877-211-0266 • www.parts.org

September 16th-18th14th International Congress for BatteryRecycling - ICBR 2009. HotelInterContinental, Geneva, Switzerland.+41 62 785 10 00 • www.icm.ch

September 23rd-25th19th Annual Arkansas Recycling CoalitionConference & Trade Show. Inn of theOzarks Hotel & Convention Center, EurekaSprings, Arkansas. 866-290-1429

September 28th-30thBiopolymers Symposium 2009. EmbassySuites Downtown Lakefront, Chicago, Illinois.202-309-7296 • www.biopolymersummit.com

September 29th-October 1stThe Green Expo 2009. World Trade Center,Mexico City, Mexico. [email protected]

October 27th-29thSolar Power International 2009. AnaheimConvention Center, Anaheim, California. 202-559-2032 • www.solarpowerinternational.com

October 28th-29thCanadian Waste & Recycling Expo.Vancouver Convention & Exhibition Centre,Vancouver, British Columbia.877-534-7285 • www.cwre.ca

November 5th-6th4th Asphalt Shingle Recycling Forum byCMRA. Doubletree Hotel Chicago, Chicago,Illinois. www.shinglerecycling.org

WASTE

Waste industry manages trash as a resourceForget your old-fashioned ideas

about the solid waste industry. It’s notjust about hauling garbage anymore.

This is according to Bruce J.Parker, president and CEO of theNational Solid Wastes ManagementAssociation (NSWMA), in a speechgiven to the Society of GovernmentEconomists in Washington. NSWMArepresents the private sector solid wasteindustry in the United States.

“Americans throw out more than250 million tons of garbage each year.Our industry continues to protect publichealth and the environment by manag-ing this waste,” Parker said. “But inrecent years, we’ve pioneered technolo-gies that have changed the ways wedeal with our trash. We’ve invested tensof millions of dollars, not only to mod-ernize landfills and boost recyclingrates, but also to cut greenhouse gas

emissions and air pollutants, and findrenewable sources of energy that reduceour dependence on fossil fuels.”

Parker pointed to waste-basedenergy projects, which turn householdgarbage into clean, renewable energy.In addition to 87 waste-to-energy facili-ties operated by the industry – generat-ing enough electricity to power 1.7million homes – it also operates 470landfill-gas-to-energy projects that pro-vide electricity and heat for corporateand government users in 44 states. TheEPA has identified an additional 520landfills across the nation as potentialcandidates for similar energy projects.

“Landfill-gas-to-energy projectsalso address global warming by captur-ing methane, a potent greenhouse gas,”Parker noted. The EPA estimates thatusing methane as renewable, “green”energy brings environmental and

energy benefits equivalent to eliminat-ing the carbon dioxide emissions of 195million barrels of oil a year. The Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change(IPCC) has noted that landfill-gasrecovery directly reduces greenhousegas emissions.

Other industry initiatives includeworking with truck manufacturers todevelop more fuel-efficient vehicles,investing in the development of alterna-tive fuels such as biodiesel, compressednatural gas and ethanol, using renew-able sources of energy such as solar topower compacting equipment, andplacing solar panels and wind turbineson landfills to produce even moreenergy.

“Increasingly, the industry is rely-ing on cleaner-burning fuels to powerour fleet of 130,000 trucks,” Parkersaid. “We’re also looking toward hybrid

technology to further reduce green-house emissions and improve airquality.”

Recycling and composting offeranother important environmental suc-cess story, Parker said. The industryprocessed recycling for or compostedslightly more than one third of allmunicipal solid wastes in 2007, con-serving precious resources, protectingair and water from potential pollutionand leading to a 2.5 percent reductionin America’s total greenhouse gas emis-sions, according to the EPA.

“The solid waste industry is proudof its environmental achievements, butthere is much more to do. Our collec-tive efforts have made a difference, andwe continue to raise the bar,” Parkersaid.

EPA approves plan for careful disposal of coalash at the Arrowhead Landfill in Alabama


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INTERNATIONAL

The European Commission (EU) ispursuing legal action against Italy overbreaches of EU environmental law onwaste and waste water treatment. In thefirst case, Italy has been sent a finalwritten warning that it could face finesunless it moves rapidly to close andclean up thousands of illegal and uncon-trolled waste disposal sites across thecountry. Italy was condemned by theEuropean Court of Justice (ECJ) in 2007over the sites but has yet to take ade-quate measures to comply with the rul-ing. The second case relates to a failureto comply with obligations for the treat-ment of waste water. Some 500 townsand cities are listed as not having wastewater treatment up to EU standards.

Environment Commissioner StavrosDimas said, “Uncontrolled disposal ofwaste and untreated urban waste waterpresent serious hazards, which is one ofthe reasons rules have been adopted by theEU to ensure the highest levels of protec-tion for citizens and the environment. Iurge the Italian authorities to take swiftaction to remedy the situation and fullyimplement EU environmental law.”

In April 2007 Italy was condemnedby the ECJ for a general and persistentfailure to comply with its obligationsunder EU waste laws 1 due to the exis-

tence of thousands of illegal and uncon-trolled waste tips.

The Commission sent Italy a firstwarning letter under Article 228 in Feb-ruary 2008. Article 228 applies when aMember State has failed to comply fullywith an ECJ judgement. It gives theCommission the power, after issuing twowarnings, to take the Member State tothe Court a second time and to ask forfines to be imposed.

The information sent by the Italianauthorities in response to the first warningletter indicates that the problem persists ona large scale and affects almost the wholenational territory. While the Italian author-ities have taken certain measures, such asscreening some of the sites, the Commis-sion concludes that, two years after thejudgment of the Court, these are not suffi-cient to address the situation and resolvethe systemic problem in the long term.

The Commission is sending a finalwritten warning to Italy under Article228.

This case is part of a widerapproach to tackle systemic problems ofillegal and uncontrolled waste disposalin Member States.

The Commission is sending a firstwritten warning to Italy for failing tocomply with EU legislation designed to

protect human health and the environ-ment against pollution from waste water.According to the 1991 Urban WasteWater Treatment Directive 2, towns andcities of more than 10,000 inhabitantsthat discharge water into environmen-tally sensitive areas should have beenequipped with a collection and treatmentsystem meeting the most stringent qual-ity standards (known as tertiary treat-ment) by the end of 1998.

Following an evaluation of informa-tion provided by Italy, the Commissionconsiders that over 500 towns and citiesdo not comply with the directive. Italyhas two months to respond. The Com-mission will then decide whether toissue a final written warning.

Article 226 of the Treaty gives theCommission powers to take legal actionagainst a Member State that is notrespecting its obligations.

If the Commission considers thatthere may be an infringement of EU lawthat warrants the opening of an infringe-ment procedure, it addresses a ‘Letter ofFormal Notice’ (first written warning) tothe Member State concerned, requestingit to submit its observations within aspecified period, usually two months.

European Commission sends Italy finalwarning over illegal waste landfills

Arcadis announced the opening of athird largest landfill gas (LFG) plant nearRio de Janeiro, Brazil, named Novo Gra-macho. The opening coincided with thecelebration of the International Environ-mental Day. The new plant will consoli-date the leading market position of Biogas,a company in which Arcadis Logos holds33 percent. In 2004, Biogas opened theBandeirantes landfill gas project, followedby the Sao Joao project in 2007.

Novo Gramacho Energia Ambiental,in which Biogas has a 50 percent share-holding, owns the new facility. The plantwas opened by the governor of the Rio deJaneiro State and the mayor of the City ofRio de Janeiro. Novo Gramacho has beendeveloped to collect and burn the methanegas emitted in the Gramacho landfillwhere 2.4 million tons of urban waste hasbeen buried every year for the last 30years. The concession contract for theplant is valid for the operation of the Gra-macho landfill for more than 15 years.

Biogas has invested in facilities tocollect the leachate and the landfill gasproduced by the biodegradation of theurban waste buried in the landfill. Thelandfill gas collected by Novo Gramachois equivalent in energy terms to the resi-dential consumption of natural gas of thecity of Rio de Janeiro.

Arcadis launcheslandfill gasproject in Brazil


BY Myles MellorMONTHLY CROSSWORDACROSS1. Ground up recyclable plastics6. Diversion ___, a financial incentive provided to municipali-ties based on the tonnage diverted from the waste stream10. Economics, (abbr.)11. Magazine manager12. Aussie bird13. ___ deposit, requires a monetary deposit on beverage containers15. Barrier designed to prevent the leaching of contents from a landfill17. Angel's surround19. Are we entering the ___ of conservation?21. Weight measurement23. Can with a steel body and an aluminum lid25. Wire service26. ___ from Waste, a recognized alternative process to reduction of recyclable materials29. After-school social30. Green ___ (band)32. Loves to pieces34. Martha Stewart accessory, probably35. Cathode abbr.36. Sports clothing maker38. Description of a recyclable material that doesn't have anything attached to it39. Notes41. Fibrous material used to make paper43. Morning mist44. Roll call answer47. Possess48. A malleable alloy of iron and carbon that is 100% recyclable and usually has recycled content50. A type of plastic used to make soft drink bottles and other kinds of food containers51. Saturday, for short53. Secure55. Celestial being57. Atmospheric pollutant58. Yes, captain60. That is, for short61. Messaging system62. Waste ___, a general term used to denote the trash output of an area64. Make money67. Mobius ___, the name given to the three chasing arrows symbol used to indicate a recyclable product68. Sun to some69. Lessen

DOWN1. ___ derived fuel, fuel produced by separating, shredding and processing mixed wastes2. ___-Fee, a fee paid by the consumer to assist with the cost of recovering and recycling certain materials3. Parks and ___ , perhaps (abbr.)4. Plan5. __inking, process that removes inks, dyes or other contaminants from wastepaper6. Mixed color, broken or crushed glass7. Long period of time8. In the matter of (2 words)9. Throw out14. Was in charge16. Little thing17. Aloha state18. Electrical power measurement20. Synthetic fabric22. Paper that has been discarded in the process of manufacture in a paper mill23. See ya!24. This is used to make soft plastics such as grocery bags

27. Tortilla chip snack28. Rating of waste into homog-enous categories by type and quality31. Constellation near Scorpius33. Compass point34. Swiss mountain37. Dick and Jane's dog38. Hints40. Kind of trip42. This gas is generated by the fermentation of organic matter43. ___ fuel, coal, petroleum, and natural gas, for example45. Environmental watchdogs, abbr.46. Sales associate48. ___foam, the trade name given to a polystyrene foam product made by Dow Chemical Company49. Hawaiian headwear52. Arsenal stockpile54. Has dinner56. Marsh plant59. Seafood selection63. Formal address65. Gold symbol66. Cola brand

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BUSINESS BRIEFS

Tetra Tech, Inc. has acquired BryanA. Stirrat & Associates (BAS), a South-ern California-based consulting andengineering firm. BAS provides highlyspecialized landfill design, leachate andhazardous waste management, energyrecovery, and groundwater protectionservices for municipal and commercialcustomers. BAS generates revenue ofapproximately $40 million per year, andhas a staff of about 150 located in sixoffices throughout California and Ari-zona.

Tetra Tech has worked with BAS onmany high-profile landfill remediationprograms including a 168-acre brownfieldredevelopment near Los Angeles, Califor-nia. The terms of the acquisition were notdisclosed.

Tetra Tech acquires BryanA. Stirrat & Associates

Cascades Inc. announced that it hasreached an agreement with AtlanticPackaging Products Ltd. to acquire itstissue business for the price of approxi-mately $60 million.

Once completed, this transactionwill enable Cascades Tissue Group toincrease its annual capacity of recycledtissue by 55,000 tons, while augmentingconverting capacity by close to 70,000tons.

These assets are located in or closeto Toronto, thereby increasing the num-ber of Cascades employees in Ontario by175 for a total of 2,175 employees inthat province alone.

This transaction is subject to theusual conditions, including the approvalof the Competition Bureau. The partiesexpect to complete the transactionwithin 15 days following the date suchapproval is obtained.

Cascades to acquirerecycled tissue business

Veolia ES Technical Solutionsnamed Andy Jung the top account man-ager for 2008. Jung is a sales representa-tive for Veolia ES Technical Solutions’Mountain Branch, which manages haz-ardous and non-hazardous wastes for avariety of industries including pharma-ceutical, aerospace, biotechnology com-panies and universities.

The annual contest consists of anevaluation of the account managers’ per-formance in six areas: revenues vs.budget, product line performance,receivables, new revenue, time manage-ment and report management. The salesmanager from each of Veolia ES Techni-cal Solutions’ 12 branches nominates anaccount manager for the award.

Jung has been with Veolia ES Tech-nical Solutions’ Mountain Branch fortwo years as an account manager. Histerritory encompasses northern andwestern Colorado as well as Wyoming.

Veolia names accountmanager of the year

Atlas Copco has extended the war-ranty for light and medium hydraulicbreakers to three years. The newly devel-oped 1+2program offer is free of chargeon all SB and MB range hydraulicbreakers purchased after July 1, 2009.

“During the three-year period,maintenance according to the operatinginstructions is required,” explains JörnWeise, product line manager for Attach-ment Solutions at Atlas Copco Construc-tion Tools. “The 1+2program is meant toprotect the customer’s investment andachieve a higher resale value.”

The 1+2program offers a free-of-charge warranty extension, unlimitedoperating hours and includes the war-ranty coverage for the breaker’s maincomponents, including the piston.

“An online registration is needed toobtain the warranty extension,” addedWeise. “Customers can register atwww.1plus2program.com.”

Atlas Copco extendswarranty on breakers

RecycleBank announced that theyare collaborating on a joint marketingagreement with Routeware, Inc., aprovider of automated waste solutions.This agreement will offer municipalitiesand private haulers innovative technol-ogy that keeps recycling easy for resi-dents and both fast and economicallyresponsible for municipalities and wastehaulers. This collaboration will allowcommunities and haulers to now be con-sidered “RecycleBank Ready”.

Routeware, Inc. has developed awaste solution that employs GPS technol-ogy that can accurately validate that ahousehold has participated in the Recycle-Bank program. Trucks are equipped withan in-cab touch screen monitor to providedriver validation combined with GPS tech-nology to correctly identify a householdcollection. No additional time is needed asthis seamlessly works during the pick-upprocess. Information is then transmitted toRecycleBank servers and householdsreceive their earned Points.

“Many municipalities already use acart system to collect recyclables fromhouseholds, so the Routeware solutionbecomes an easy way for haulers and com-munities to offer recycling with minimaladded costs,” said Scott Lamb, COO ofRecycleBank.

RecycleBank andRouteware collaborate

Titan Trailers has appointed OceanTrailer, Inc., of western Canada, as exclu-sive distributor for Titan Trailers for theProvinces of British Columbia, Alberta,Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

Ocean Trailer was established as atrailer rental business in 1981. The firmlater developed its sales business as anauthorized dealer for a large UnitedStates-based trailer manufacturer. OceanTrailer now represents several majortrailer brands through five branches inBritish Columbia, Alberta and Manitoba.The firm’s sales, leasing, rental and trailerservice operations now employ more than220 staff and has a rental/lease fleet ofmore than 8000 units.

Titan takes on newCanadian trailer dealer


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BUSINESS BRIEFS

GreenMan Technologies, Inc.,announced that Kevin M. Tierney, Sr.has joined the Company’s board ofdirectors. Tierney has also beenappointed chairman of the audit com-mittee.

Since 2006, Tierney has served asthe president and chief executive officerof Saugusbank, a $200 million, statechartered community bank located inSaugus, Massachusetts. In this role, Tier-ney works directly with regulatory agen-cies and industry associations onsupervisory, oversight and legislativematters.

Prior to joining Saugusbank, he wasexecutive vice president and generalmanager of BISYS Group’s CorporateFinancial Solutions Division, where heled the creation of a new business unitproviding corporate banking services toFortune 500 treasury departments aswell as to the life insurance and healthinsurance industries.

Before that, Tierney was executivevice president and chief operating officerof Abington Bancorp, a $1.2 billion,publicly traded bank holding company.At Abington, Mr. Tierney oversaw theacquisition of several banking franchisesthat expanded business lines and grewthe company’s footprint which, com-bined with organic growth, enabled thecompany to grow from a $400 million toa $1.2 billion company.

GreenMan Technologiesappoints board member

Safety-Kleen has opened its Good-field, Illinois, branch facility to providecustomers in the Peoria, Bloomingtonand Galesburg metropolitan areas withindustrial waste management servicesand a full-line of parts washing equip-ment and related services.

The Goodfield facility has 2,400square feet of office and warehouse stor-age space but waste material will not beprocessed on-site. Instead, all collectedwaste materials will be transferred toSafety-Kleen’s recycling center in Dolton,Illinois, for further processing.

Safety-Kleen opens branchin Central Illinois

Sims Metal Management Limitedannounced the acquisition of the assetsof Fairless Iron & Metal, LLC (Fairless)in Morrisville, Pennsylvania.

Fairless, a full-service ferrous andnon-ferrous recycler, operates two prin-cipal facilities including a state-of-the-art mega-shredder, non-ferrous recoverysystems and a deep water port exportfacility.

Fairless processes approximately60,000 tons of scrap metal per monthsourced principally from New Jersey,New York, Eastern Pennsylvania and theinland United States via rail.

The financial terms of the transac-tion were not disclosed.

The transaction will be immediatelyaccretive to the earnings of Sims MetalManagement.

Sims Metal Managementbuys assets of Fairless Iron

Sunpower Incorporated, a developerof free-piston Stirling machines, is cele-brating its 35th anniversary. Sunpowerwas originally incorporated in 1974 byits founder William Beale, inventor ofthe free-piston Stirling engine.

Sunpower has appointed MarkSchweizer as CEO and president of Sun-power. Schweizer comes to Sunpowerwith an extensive background in businessstrategy development and commercializa-tion, most recently as vice president ofGlobal Product Management and Market-ing at Diamond Innovations, Inc.

Sunpower appoints newchief executive officer

AbitibiBowater Inc., has appointedBruce Robertson, a former senior man-aging partner at Brookfield Asset Man-agement, Inc., as chief restructuringofficer as they work their way out ofbankruptcy proceedings.

The Montreal-based newsprintmaker and recycler said Robertson willwork closely with CEO David J. Pater-son and the company´s executive team.

Robertson managed more than $7billion in distressed private equity atBrookfield. Robertson will report toDavid Paterson, AbitibiBowater’s presi-dent and chief executive officer.

AbitibiBowater nameschief restructuring officer

Covanta Holding Corporationannounced that it has signed a definitiveagreement to acquire from Veolia Envi-ronmental Services North AmericaCorp., most of its North Americanenergy-from-waste (EfW) business.

The transaction is expected to beaccretive to Covanta. The purchase priceof $450 million, less net debt and minor-ity interests (subject to certain otheradjustments) will be paid in cash.

The Energy-from-Waste operationsto be acquired consist of the following:

• Long Beach, California • Dade, Florida• Dutchess, New York • Islip, New York • Montgomery, Pennsylvania • York, Pennsylvania• Vancouver, Canada It is expected that the entire transac-

tion will close by year end. However, theclosing of the transaction may occur instages and is conditioned upon receipt ofcustomary regulatory and otherapprovals or consents. The failure toobtain certain approvals or consents mayresult in the removal of certain busi-nesses from the transaction and a relatedprice reduction.

Each of the seven EfW businessesto be acquired includes a long-termoperating contract with the respectivemunicipal client. In addition, Covantawill acquire a majority ownership stakein the Montgomery Pennsylvania facilityand a related transfer station operatingcontract. Collectively, these seven EfWfacilities process approximately 3 mil-lion tons of waste per year. The acquiredbusinesses compliment Covanta’s exist-ing portfolio, which includes operationof 38 EfW facilities that process approx-imately 17 million tons of municipalsolid waste annually.

Covanta expects it will achieve mean-ingful synergies by leveraging its scale,operational expertise and in-house mainte-nance capabilities. Force reductions arenot anticipated at the operating facilities,which employ approximately 500 people.This acquisition is expected to add approx-imately $60 million of operating cash flowduring 2010.

Hirschmann Automation and Con-trol, Inc. (PAT) Chambersburg, Pennsyl-vania has named Cleveland Parkermanaging director of the ECS Divisionfor the Americas. In his new positionParker is responsible for the ECS busi-ness’ sales and operations in North andSouth America. Hirschmann’s ECSDivision supplies information, monitor-ing, and control systems that meet OEMand aftermarket requirements in liftingapplications.

Parker brings 20 years of experiencein building products, information &media and distribution. Recently he heldsales executive positions with BeaconSupply and McGraw Hill Construction.

Hirschmann names ECSmanaging director

Johnson Controls Power Solutionslocated in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, hasannounced that it will invest $100 mil-lion to build an automotive battery recy-cling facility in South Carolina.

The Florence County EconomicDevelopment Partnership indicated thatJohnson Controls, Inc. will developapproximately three acres on a 270 acresite in Florence.

According to Alex Molinaroli, presi-dent of Johnson Controls Power Solutions,the facility will be “the most innovativebattery recycling operation in the world”.

Johnson Controls plans tobuild new recycling center

Hendrickson announced that four ofits divisions, Truck Suspension Systems,Trailer Suspension Systems, AuxiliaryAxle Systems and Bumper and Trim,have joined the SmartWay TransportPartnership. This is an innovative collab-oration between the Environmental Pro-tection Agency (EPA) and the freightindustry, designed to increase energyefficiency while significantly reducinggreenhouse gases and air pollution.

Hendrickson will contribute to thePartnership’s goal to reduce 33 to 66million metric tons of carbon dioxideand up to 200,000 tons of nitrogen oxideper year by 2012 by improving the envi-ronmental performance of our freightoperations.

Launched in February 2004, theSmartWay Transport Partnership aims toachieve fuel savings of up to 150 millionbarrels of fuel per year.

Hendrickson joins EPATransport Partnership

First Uranium Corporation hasappointed Scot Sobey as chief operatingofficer (COO) of Chemwes, the wholly-owned subsidiary of First Uranium thatoperates the Mine Waste Solutions tailingsrecovery project and John Gould as actingCOO of the Ezulwini Mining Company,the wholly-owned subsidiary of First Ura-nium that operates the Ezulwini Mine.These appointments are part of an organi-zational re-structuring to appoint a singleleader at each operation with the intent ofensuring that the Company achieves itscritical production growth milestones.

Prior to this appointment, Sobey hasbeen serving as First Uranium’s vicepresident, business development, havingbeen appointed to that position in Febru-ary 2007. Sobey’s background lies inmanagement consulting and projectmanagement.

John Gould has served as First Ura-nium’s vice president, exploration andtechnical services since he wasappointed to that position in February2008. Gould has held a variety of posi-tions with South African mining compa-nies, and until October 2007, served asmanaging director of Platinum GroupMetals Limited, a developing juniormining company.

First Uranium Corporationappoints new CEOs

Covanta acquires Veolia’sNorth American Energy


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Stellar Industries has introduced the Cable75, a75,000 lb. capacity cable hoist. Through innovativedesign, Stellar has decreased the shipping weight to4,400 lbs., which increases payload up to 1,700 addi-tional lbs. over the previous SI60 model.

Other features include a 47-degree dump angle,fewer cylinders and seal kits to maintain, improvedcable routing, use of stainless steel pins, grease zerksand bushings, and the use of wear strips.

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ARPI of USA introduced its newest product calledthe Sepshear. The Sepshear provides a cost effectiveway to process ACSR cable.

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John Deere has added the small frame CT315 to itscompact track loader line, a 45-hp unit that alreadymeets interim Tier 4 emissions standards.

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Although compact, the CT315 is a productionmachine with a powerful 1,500 lb. rated operatingcapacity. Its cushioned bucket and lift cylinders providesmooth deceleration at the end of the boom-lowerposition.

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Americans are keeping their cars onthe road longer than ever before. This wasconfirmed in March in a study by R.L.Polk & Co, a provider of global automo-tive information. According to Polk, themedian age of passenger cars in operationin 2008 was 9.4 years, a record high. Thatmeans if a new car was bought and driven12,000 miles per year (about average),Americans are clocking an average of112,800 miles before selling or trading.

“The current economic environ-ment, coupled with high gas prices lastspring and summer, have resulted inconsumers delaying purchases of vehi-cles because their discretionary incomehas fallen,” said Dave Goebel of Polk’saftermarket team. “Based on the uncer-tainty of what the future holds, con-sumers are trying to keep their currentvehicles running longer, until their con-fidence improves.”

Polk analysts also anticipate that inbad economic times, the threshold ofrepair costs may increase. Consumerscould feel as though paying a repairexpense to keep the vehicle going for ayear is more sensible or affordable than amonthly vehicle payment over an extend-ed period of time.

Americans may be addicted to thatnew car smell, but hanging on to the oldone and keeping it in good, safe runningorder is a smart way to stretch a budget,regardless of the economy. If properlymaintained, vehicles can run for hundredsof thousands of miles and rebuilt parts arecrucial to longevity.

No one actually knows the size of thedomestic rebuilt or remanufactured partsindustry, words that are interchangeablyused to describe it. The last and perhapsonly formal survey was conducted byBoston University in 1996. It indicated theUnited States market at a total of $52 bil-lion, of which $36 billion was automotiveparts. “Some people estimate that the entireUnited States remanufacturing industrytoday may be $75 to $100 billion, withautomotive being two-thirds of that,” saidBill Gager, president of the AutomotiveParts Remanufacturers Association(APRA). APRA is a non-profit internation-al trade association of over 1,000 members

that rebuild or remanufacture most of thehard parts for car, truck, off-road, marineand industrial equipment applications.

According to Gager, his industry haschanged dramatically over the past dozenyears as illustrated by the size and com-position of APRA’s membership.Through numerous consolidations overthat time, APRA membership has gonefrom over 2,000 to a little over 1,000today. This happened for a number of rea-sons. Many rebuilders were small, pri-vately owned family operations and whenowners retired they sold off to largercompanies. Secondly, as the industry

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A recent review conducted by theNational Highway Traffic SafetyAdministration (NHTSA) of 1,446fatal accidents from 2001 and 2006found that in an alarming 255instances – almost 18 percent –airbags that should have been replacedfollowing deployment in a previouscrash were missing. This data points to

a significant issue of ensuring thatindividuals who complete vehicle col-lision repairs and insurance total lossvehicle rebuilds restore critical safetycomponents as part of the repair andrebuilding process. Airbag omission(the practice of repairing vehicleswithout replacing deployed or missingairbags) is a serious problem with real

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Some associations have voicedsupport for the reuse of non-deployedairbags which have met specific indus-try standards and claim that those eval-uated, recycled airbag components area safe, economically-smart repair

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Cars.com announced the rankingsin its annual American-Made Index,which ranks the most-American vehi-cles based on percentage (by cost) oftheir parts that are made domestically,where they’re built and how popularthey are among American buyers. Thisyear, the Toyota Camry shot to the topof the list, dethroning the five-timewinner, the Ford F-150.

In addition to grabbing the num-ber 1 rank, Toyota saw its Sienna(number 6), Tundra (number 7) andVenza (number 10) also make theirway onto the list, lifting the Japaneseautomaker’s count above all othermanufacturers. This year, Detroitautomakers claimed 5 of the 10 spots,a record low on Cars.com’s index.

“This year was unique for ourindex, to say the least,” said PatrickOlsen, Cars.com editor-in-chief. “Thedifficult sales environment andchanges in cars’ domestic parts con-tent – both important factors in ourindex’s equation – played a huge rolein how the rankings changed from lastyear.”

In keeping with American-MadeIndex methodology, Cars.com exclud-ed any models scheduled to be discon-tinued without a clear successor. Thatcarried stronger implications this year,as most Pontiac models – includingthe G6, a longtime index mainstay –became ineligible. Another GM main-stay, the Ohio-built Chevrolet Cobalt,saw its domestic parts content ratingdrop significantly, ending its three-year run on the list.

General Motors still takes threeslots, with the Chevrolet Silveradoand GMC Sierra 1500 pickups show-ing strong domestic parts content rat-ings. The popular Chevrolet Maliburanked third, thanks in part to its 80percent domestic parts content andsteady sales.

The Alabama-built HondaOdyssey increased slightly in domes-tic parts content, up to 80 percent thisyear, which played a large role in itselevation to the number 4 spot. Anoth-

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During the restoration of the author’s 1981 Chevy pickup, many rebuilt parts were utilized. Rebuilt andremanufactured parts are key to keeping maintenance costs down for older cars.

The extremely successful NationalVehicle Mercury Switch RecoveryProgram (NVMSRP), which has so farrecovered more than 2 million mercuryconvenience light switches from vehi-cles, will soon be in need of stablelong-term funding, said Steve Levetan,a member of the Automobile RecyclersAssociation (ARA) LegislativeCommittee.

The NVMSRP, a voluntary pro-gram, was created on August 11, 2006and went into effect on September 10of that year. The program created a $4million fund for a three-year periodthat covers all mercury switches, butconcentrates on convenience lightingmercury switches. It will accept andpay for anti-lock brake switches at $6rather than the now $4 for conveniencelighting switches.

“It was funded initially by theauto industry and the steel industry –each put $2 million into the program,”said Levetan. “That funding is about torun out, and we anticipate that will betowards the end of the summer. It’s inall of our interests to continue the pro-gram and continue to build on the suc-cesses of it.”

Auto recyclers are paid $4 perswitch removed. Levetan is concernedthat fewer switches will be removedonce the bounty is no longer paid out.

“Some people will simply stopremoving the switches due to the eco-nomic realities of the day,” he said.

The removal of mercury switchesis connected to the Cash for Clunkerslegislation.

“The bill requires that vehicles beproperly handled environmentally andspecifically, there is the removal ofanti-freeze, lead products and mercuryswitches,” said Levetan. “Unfortunate-ly, the funding for mercury switchremoval will end when the Cash forClunkers program kicks in. We haveproposed that Congress fund theincentive program under theNVMSRP.”

He added that none of the stake-holders, from government to autorecyclers, want to see the mercuryreleased into the environment and thatrecent discussions with members ofthe House of Representatives and theSenate have resulted in support for afederal funding initiative to continuethe removal program.

“Unfortunately this was brought into them too late to get it put into theCash for Clunkers legislation that wassigned into law last June,” said Levetan.

The call for federal funding hasbeen endorsed by the members of theNVMSRP who are allowed to makeendorsements as the ARA, ISRI (Insti-tute of Scrap Recycling Industries,Inc.) and AISI (the American Iron andSteel Institute). The United StatesEnvironmental Protection Agency andthe Environmental Council of theStates (ECOS) – environmental regu-lators at the state level – cannotendorse such funding requests.

Having a secure, non-contaminat-ed feedstock is essential to the steelindustry, which is a major consumer ofrecycled steel products. The key is toprevent mercury-laden shredded steelfrom entering electric arc furnace(EAF) steel mills where the mercuryin those switches may be emitted intothe atmosphere during the steel manu-facturing process, and potentiallyplace the public at risk of mercurypollution.

The automobile manufacturersalso realize their role in ensuring thatmercury switches are removed, which

is why they are going to continue theirrole in the End of Life Vehicle Solu-tions program. The industry suppliesbuckets in which to place the mercuryswitches, collects the switches andrecycles them.

While auto recyclers did not cre-ate the mercury switch problem, theyare the first line of defense in dealingwith this environmental hazard andnipping it in the bud.

“We agree and members of Con-gress that we have spoken to alsoagree,” said Levetan. “We’re veryoptimistic that we will have the oppor-tunity to have funding for this includ-ed in some subsequent piece of legis-lation – hopefully much sooner thanlater.”

Levetan, senior vice presidentwith Atlanta, Georgia-based Pull-A-Part, LLC, said that his company hasremoved and recycled over 70,000 ofthe 2 million-plus switches that havebeen removed nationwide.

Each switch contains about onegram of mercury and while the amountmay be small, Levetan said the impactis enormous.

“One gram is enough to contami-nate 132,000 gallons of water aboveEPA drinking water standards,” hesaid. “This is something you don’twant to fool around with. We were allcollectively remiss in getting it toCongress’s attention sooner, but every-body seems to understand the impor-tance of this.”

Mercury is a PBT – a persistent,bio-accumulative (additional mercurycombines with mercury already in theenvironment), toxic substance. It cancause learning and other difficulties inyoung children and may also causeneurological problems in children andadults.

The goal is to secure between $20million and $40 million to continuethe program until its scheduled con-clusion in 2017.

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A Letter fromthe Editor

Dear readers,Anyone here have a spare $28,400?

Because according to the Federal TradeCommission’s website, that’s the aver-age cost of a new car in the United Statesfor 2009.

Cash for Clunkers legislation isrewarding the folks who have the means topurchase a new vehicle, while failing totake into consideration those that don’t.And let’s be honest – in the current eco-nomic climate of failed bailouts, corporateshenanigans and rising unemployment, thenumber of people who cannot afford thecost of a new car is almost certainly higherthan in previous years.

In my opinion, this legislation seemsto work more in favor of the big car man-ufacturers than in the interest of the con-sumer (or anyone else for that matter). Dothose in the market for a new car benefit?The answer is ‘maybe.’ There are stipula-tions regarding differences in MPG thatdictate whether the consumer gets a dis-count or not. So if you already drive ahybrid, there’s no discount for you.

Do car manufacturers benefit? Sure.If the legislation pushes even one con-sumer over the purchasing fence, that’sone more car sold that might not havebeen otherwise. It certainly doesn’t seemto hurt them.

But what chafes me is that I’vealready given the car companies (not youFord – I still respect you) my money. Mytax dollars went towards staving off bank-ruptcies that happened anyway. Addition-ally, I’m not in the market for a new car.Where’s the benefit to me?

As I see it, there is none. With legis-lation restricting which recycled parts Ican find to repair my vehicle, I’ve beenseverely inconvenienced at best, and madepoorer (or even car-less) at worst. Andwhile a compromise may have beenreached on restricted parts, a restriction isa restriction, and if I need a restricted part,apparently I’m out of luck.

Really, it’s just another ill-contrivedpolicy amongst a rash of ill-contrivedpolicies that the Federal government hasspewed forth lately.

I’d like your opinion. I’m lucky – I’mpermitted a monthly column through which Ican inflict my thoughts upon AmericanRecycler’s readers. Since most of you proba-bly don’t have your own columns, I’m invit-ing you to write me. Send me your thoughtsand opinions. And if you’re particularly per-suasive, I’ll see to it that your opinion is pub-lished alongside mine.

As a final thought, to those of youwho may have taken my advice lastmonth, come find American Recycler onFacebook. Our fans get updates and pho-tos, plus, I’d love to discuss thoughts andopinions on the Fan Page Forum.

So talk to me. I don’t care if it’s viasnail mail or the world wide web, but fillme in on where you think this nation isheaded.

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Long-term funding sought formercury switch removal programby IRWIN [email protected]

Former EPA administrator Stephen Johnson pulls the one millionth mercury switch as Pull-A-Part senior vicepresident Steve Levetan looks on. The incentive fund for switch removal may soon be exhausted.

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‘Cash for Clunkers’ modificationsease ramifications to auto recyclers

Steady and improving is how JohnFischl describes the auto recyclingindustry. The president of Riteway AutoParts in Phoenix is seeing an increase insales and repairs as consumers hold ontotheir old cars longer in response to theeconomic downturn.

The improving economic environ-ment for auto recyclers could be in jeop-ardy, however, because of a $1 billionfederal program that is designed to helpoffset the cost of new car purchases. Theprogram, referred to as “Cash for Clunk-ers,” and which the National HighwayTraffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)calls the Car Allowance Rebate Systems(CARS), would provide a voucher of upto $4,500 to customers who trade in theirgas guzzlers for a new car.

Auto recyclers fought hard tochange the Consumer Assistance Recy-cle and Save Act of 2009 bill before itwas signed into law by the president inJune. One of the original versions of thebill contained clauses that would haveremoved recycled auto parts and compo-nents such as engines and drive trainparts from auto recycler’s inventories.

“The automotive recycling industryopposes any Cash for Clunkers legisla-

tion that bypasses the recycler and forcesvehicles to a shredder or prevents theauto recycler from selling drivetraincomponents and restricts access to thoseparts for the American consumer,” saidFisch before a compromise with theindustry was hammered out.

“Fewer auto parts available forrepairs mean higher prices and feweroptions for consumers. The repairer, therecycler and especially the consumerwill suffer without the ability to keepthat older vehicle running properly ifaffordable parts are not available.”

The industry’s national association,the United Recyclers Group, based inCentennial, Colorado, helped convincelegislators to allow auto recyclers toresell the drivetrain components, exceptthe engine block. Fischl said the pro-gram would be better if there were noexclusions for any recycled parts. Butbecause of the compromise, he is nowtaking a neutral position. “We will haveto wait and see what it does,” he said.

The compromise also changed theview of Bill Abold Jr., owner of A&PAuto parts in Cicero, New York. “Theissue I had before was that the littleguys, who would not be able to afford anew car, would have a limited chance torepair their current car with so much of

the products being destroyed,” instead ofrecycled and resold,” Abold said. “I stillfeel this bill is only going to help thosewho can afford new products.”

Abold originally said the legislationis going to hurt low-income consumers.“Those are the guys that drive 10 yearold cars that need affordable, recycledparts to keep their cars moving,” he said.“When they pull those cars out of themain stream process, what it is going todo is cause those cheap parts to beexpensive parts.”

Any gains made by the auto indus-try will be at the expense of the autorecycling industry, said MichelleAlexander, executive director of theUnited Recyclers Group, in a statementbefore the compromise. “The auto recy-cling industry will feel the pain mostimmediately, because our supply of autoparts will decline, and that means priceswill climb and the cost of auto repairsnationwide will be driven upwards,”Alexander said.

The NHTSA has 30 days after sign-ing by President Obama to announce thefinal details of the Car Allowance RebateSystem program. According towww.cars.gov, the NHTSA was expectedto issue their final rules around July 23.

er newcomer, the Ford Taurus, boastsan impressive 90 percent domesticparts content, the highest of any vehi-cle on the list.

“In today’s global economy,there’s not an easy way to determinejust how American a car is,” Olsensaid. “Most cars built in the UnitedStates, for example, are assembledusing at least some parts that comefrom somewhere else. Cars.com’sAmerican-Made Index helps consumersidentify the most-American vehiclesbased on production location, percent-age of domestic parts content, andAmerican sales volume for each vehi-cle.”

The Cars.com American-MadeIndex is an annual ranking of vehiclesdeemed most American based onAmerican production, percentage ofdomestic parts and American sales vol-ume.

Domestic parts content is based ondata that appears alongside the windowsticker of new cars as a result of theAmerican Automobile Labeling Act,enacted in 1994. The AALA mandatesthat virtually every new car display thepercentage, by cost, of its parts thatoriginated in the United States andCanada. Only those vehicles with adomestic parts content rating of 75 per-cent or higher are eligible for theAmerican-Made Index.

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grew and became more sophisticated,larger companies offered the benefits ofbroader market coverage and theeconomies of larger scale operations thatmade them more cost and service com-petitive than smaller ones. “Our associa-tion is about half the size it used to be interms of numbers of members, but thosefewer members are much larger opera-tions,” Gager explained.

Today, the rebuilding business is good,and even flourishing in certain areas. “Thepeople who are doing well these days are theindependents that are servicing vehiclesbecause consumers are not buying new,” saidGager. “Conversely, things are slow for thoseremanufacturing for the car companiesbecause new cars are not selling. They maybe doing the service work, but things are inturmoil there. Some are not getting paid in atimely fashion because of the mess going onwith Chrysler and GM. Part of our industryis doing great and the other part is doing fair.”

A good example of a local, inde-pendent automotive rebuilder is RayelcoGenerator Company in Lodi, New Jersey.

At one time, Rayelco providedrebuilt parts for over 40 auto parts stores,but as local, independent parts dealerswere bought out or driven out of businessby large national chains, that businessdisappeared for Rayelco. “What’s hap-pened in our business is you can sell lessand make as much. People like us don’tneed the auto parts stores anymore. If anauto parts store came to me and asked meto do their work, I’d say I’d like to helpbut I can’t do it. I would have to give awholesale price, absorb the costs of pick-ups and deliveries and I make nothing,”Hugh said. Today, over-the-counter to thegeneral public, gas stations, mechanics,repair shops and garages are Rayelco’sprimary customers.

Since the financial meltdown last fall,Rayelco’s business has been off, but it haspicked up since then as a lot more individ-uals are coming through the door. “I thinkit’s going to continue in that direction onlybecause they are not buying new cars, theyhave to fix their vehicles and they have tocome to us. Where else are they going togo?” Hugh wondered.

“The electronic side of our businessis really mushrooming…all the electronic

components and megatronics that go on avehicle,” said Bill Gager of APRA.

Every model year there are more andincreasingly complex electronics beingincorporated into vehicles. “They are soexpensive new and in many cases we willsee a future where remanufacturing is theonly option because OEM’s are not goingto keep all those parts around for the nextfive or ten years. They are just not goingto do it because it will be too expensive,”Gager predicted.

Consider that the average vehicle mayhave anywhere from 10 to 15 electronicmodules, and luxury vehicles may have upto 60. These components often have to bereprogrammed in order to function as areplacement.

“The new BMWs have almost 100 dif-ferent electronic control modules communi-cating with each other,” said Lesia Defelice,CEO of ProgRama in Boca Raton, Florida.Her company remanufactures electroniccontrol units for BMW, Mercedes Benz,Volvo, Porsche and Saab. ProgRama worksthrough a number of distributors around theworld that service independent repair shops.“The state of our business is very healthyand we expect the trend to proceed as cars

are staying on the road longer. And, as webecome familiar with the new technologywe expect substantial growth,” she said.

“We offer about 10 percent more innew products every year,” said Defelice.In order to remanufacture over 150 partnumbers, ProgRama had to make aninvestment in each one. First it has toreverse-engineer the schematics of theunit. Next it has to repair several sampleunits to establish a repair procedure thatis documented by ISO standards. Andbefore shipping, they have to test everypossible function of each control unit.

“The energy saved by using a reman-ufactured product over a new product isabout 85 percent and collectively that canbe a huge number, millions of barrels ofoil,” said Bill Gager of APRA. “This is animportant, synergistic aspect of recyclingautomotive parts: we avoid mining, trans-porting, smelting and manufacturing mil-lions of parts while significantly extend-ing the lifespan of our vehicles. In addi-tion to the conservation of energy, rawmaterials and land fill space, remanufac-turing automotive parts is labor intensiveand creates jobs.”

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The automobile recycling businessruns on the knowledge that cars thathave outlived their usefulness as ameans of transportation still have valueas sources of recyclable materials. Butwhile nearly every junked car is worthsomething, some parts of the car areworth more than others.

Engines and transmissions areamong the most valuable parts of manyolder cars, so scrap yards commonlyremove these large components from

automobiles for separate sale or pro-cessing before crushing or shreddingthe bodies and other parts. The problemis that engines and transmissions areexceptionally hard to remove. Andthat’s where today’s engine pullerscome in.

Engine pullers are attachments forwheel loaders that use the vehicles’weight and a hydraulic system to pindown a car, grapple the engine and thenforcibly yank it loose from motormounts and other attachments. Theconcept seems brutally simple, yet thedevelopment of today’s engine pullershas required decades of trial-and-errorexperimentation.

Recyclers initially removedengines from scrap vehicles the sameway they were installed, with wrench-es. Some tried burning through connec-tions with a cutting torch, then pryingthe engines out with one tine of a wheelloader’s fork. “It was real primitivemethodology,” said Paul Secker, presi-dent of S.A.S. of Luxemburg, Ltd., anengine puller manufacturer in Luxem-burg, Wisconsin.

Primitive or not, cutting with atorch and prying with a fork didremove engines and transmissions, andit was faster than detaching the compo-

nents with a wrench. But the processwas cumbersome, resulting in low pro-duction throughput. It was also danger-ous and costly.

“You have fire hazard, and youhave risk of injury to the people if youhave someone lying under a car torch-ing motor mounts,” said Secker. “It’s avery expensive method to remove themotors, because you’re buying oxygenand acetylene.” The technique was hardon equipment and required multiplepeople to get involved with everyengine removal.

Later, recyclers tried skipping thetorch step andsimply prying atthe motor andtransmission witha wheel loaderfork until the con-nections snappedand the desiredparts fell out.Some still do itthis way, despitethe low produc-tion level, cleanup problems andrequirement fortwo operators –

one on a wheel loader and one on askid steer – required to remove andtransport the motors and transmissions.

In the 1970s, recyclers began usingforks modified with a set of claws orteeth that were used to reach down andsnag the engine before using the wheelloaders’ weight and hydraulic force tojerk the motor from its attachments.

Next, the verticalengine puller repre-sented a dramaticimprovement overprevious technologies.These devices grabbedengines with clawsoperated by hydraulicpressure, then pulledthe engines straight upfrom the car body.However, installationrequired major modi-fications to the typi-cal wheel loaderhydraulic system,forcing recyclers to take their wheelloaders out of service for a week ormore. “Just physically installing it car-ried a huge price tag,” said Secker.

After a few more incrementalimprovements, S.A.S. came out with itsScorpion engine puller. A recycler can

install this attachmentat the yard, with nomodifications to thehydraulic system, andbe pulling engines in afew hours, Seckersaid. The design fea-tures high operatorvisibility, because thesupport pillars arewidely separated,allowing a straightview into the work-space.

The improvements allow a singleoperator to pull an engine in seconds,rather than minutes. And the machineworks equally well with transmissions.Once removed, the component issecurely clamped in the jaws of thepuller, ready to be placed in a pile orcarried across the yard and loaded intoa trailer.

“The desire is to get the motor andtransmission out the first time,” saidSecker. “You don’t want to have to goback to that car a second time.” TheScorpion’s serrated clamping jaws andhinged pulling action remove large,valuable car parts in one tug, with min-imal mess. Operator training is minor,Secker said, and the entire operationcan be carried out by a singleemployee.

Since introducing the Scorpion,Secker has seen the market embrace itmore enthusiastically than the compa-ny’s other engine puller models. “Theone with the highest level of interest isthe Scorpion engine puller,” he said.

“That’s gotten the most positiveresponse out of any engine puller we’veever built or seen on the marketplace.”

Secker sells S.A.S. engine pullersto scrap yards and other customers inthe United States, Canada, Europe, theMiddle East and Australia. While the

acceptance of the new model, whichwas eight months in development, hasbeen encouraging, he said S.A.S. isforging ahead with plans for a secondedition.

“We have a mini-Scorpion indesign right now,” he said. “It’s basical-ly going to be a mirror image of whatyou see now, but it’s going to be builtfor smaller wheel loaders.” The presentScorpion weighs over 6,000 lbs. byitself and is intended for wheel loadersthat are 28,000 lbs. and heavier. “It’s aheavy attachment, but it’s built forlong-term use,” Secker said.

The smaller Scorpion was con-ceived because many potential cus-tomers have smaller wheel loaders.“They want this tool, because they cansee it’s going to increase their revenuedramatically,” Secker said. “But thefull-size one is much too large to usewith a smaller wheel loader. So we’rehoping in the next 30 to 90 days to rollout the mini-Scorpion. That’ll open upa lot more opportunities.”

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“In the context of the $1 billionfor the Cash for Clunkers legislation, itis a very small amount to dedicate to avery important environmental issue,”said Levetan, who noted that cleanupefforts to remove mercury from con-taminated areas such as lakes, riversand land-based sites far exceed thecost of funding the removal program.“You can’t put a price on the damagethat mercury can do once it is releasedinto the environment and ingested intothe whole ecosystem.”

The issue was raised during ISRI’sfourth annual Fly-In (held on June 17)to Congress to lobby for legislativeissues on Capitol Hill. The recent lob-bying effort had nearly 100 ISRI mem-bers visit more than 185 Congressmen.

According to ISRI, “ISRI mem-bers asked members of Congress toinclude funding for the mercury switchremoval program. This vital programhas resulted in removing switches andminimizing mercury going into scrapintended for steel mills. Every memberof Congress was receptive to this fund-ing proposal, and ISRI will ramp upefforts to achieve this funding in thevery near term.”

Steel manufacturers have a majorrole in the program, which calls forthem to assist in outreach and buildawareness among the “steel scrap sup-ply chain.”

“Steelmakers, according to theNVMSRP,” stated in an ISRI pressrelease, “are to work with ISRI toassure that any scrap work practicestandards or other programs imple-mented in accordance with the NVM-SRP take into account market andtechnological factors and do not createunreasonable or unworkable certifica-tion requirements for scrap proces-sors.”

The program also states that par-ticipation “may be a complianceoption for steelmaking facilities toreduce mercury in scrap feedstock” bydeveloping and implementing scrapwork practice standards.

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John Kitchens started his career at Iron Ax aboutthirteen years ago, and although his title is vice-presi-dent, he said, “We’re not all that huge, so you have towear a lot of hats.”

Besides the usual management and compliancework, Kitchens does a lot of sales and added, “If itinvolves a computer or paper, it’s my job.” He evendesigned the computer programs that are used at thecompany’s scales. “The only thing I don’t do is engineer-ing.”

With a degree in accounting, Kitchens started hiscareer as a CPA, and then became a financial analyst andmetals buyer before joining Iron Ax.

The company, in its current incarnation, has been in business for about 20years, according to Kitchens. But forty years ago the owner, Charlie Hall, started inthe car crushing business. Then, about 20 years ago, he needed a shear. After shop-ping around, Hall realized that none of the shears currently being manufacturedwere exactly what he was looking for. So, he designed his own.

Hall brought the shear to a job site and when a customer saw it, he asked wherehe could buy one for himself. Hall built another and sold it to him. “Then the phonestarted ringing,” Kitchens said. “That was the birth of Iron Ax.” About a year later,the company split into two entities – one for equipment manufacturing and sales,and the other for scrap processing.

Despite the split, the companies work closely together. For a few years, themanufacturing was done in a warehouse on scrap yard property. When it moved, itdidn’t move far. Now the manufacturing is done across the street from one of theyards.

Today, the company owns four scrap yards and manufactures and sells all sortsof equipment for scrap processing. One of those is the EnviroRack, which is a one-man-operated piece of equipment used for draining fluids from cars that are slated tobe recycled. While there are similar products on the market, Kitchens said, “Wewere the first ones to come up with it.”

What’s unique about Iron Ax’s products is the testing involved. Kitchens saidthat the products are used in their own yards for a minimum of two years before theyare marketed. Buyers know that the products perform in the real world, and not juston the drawing board. The company also sells other manufacturer’s products andcustom-designs and modifies equipment to customer specifications.

Among other innovations, Kitchens described a grapple that was designed towork underwater. It was used to clean up damaged oil rig material off the seabed,about 150 miles off the coast, after Hurricane Katrina. The underwater grapple wascontrolled remotely from the ship above.

Kitchens said that one of the biggest challenges lately has been the economy.He said that from January through September last year, it was “a banner year” andthe company looks forward to continued growth if business presents itself.

He said that the hardest thing to do is to get people past the fear of spendingmoney. “We’re not afraid to spend some money to make it,” Kitchens said. “It’s arisk, but you’ve got to take it.” It seems that customers are starting to realize thesame thing, and the company experienced a recent bump in sales in a three-day peri-od that was better than the previous three months.

Still, there’s some uncertainty. Kitchens said that people are in a “watch and seemode,” being cautious and waiting to see which way the economy is headed. “Thisis not a moneymaking year,” he said, “This is a ‘hold on to it’ year.”

The good news is that the company is debt-free and “we’re still here when a lotof people aren’t.” He also said that the company has been able to find enough for thecurrent workforce to do, so when things get better, they will be ready. “When scrapmetal prices go up, we do great,” he said. “We have to have some confidence.”

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A Closer Look by Donna Curriealternative to restore vehicles to theirpre-accident condition. “The use ofthese evaluated components is a cost-effective option for a consumer,” saidMichael E. Wilson, executive vicepresident of the Automotive Recycler’sAssociation (ARA), “but, more impor-tantly, extensive research and years ofexperience have proven them as a safealternative as well.”

Lacking any statistical informa-tion, some industry groups continue topush arguments regarding the use ofrecycled airbag modules. These groupscontinue to rely essentially on personalopinions rather than on any specifictechnical analysis. A look at compre-hensive safety tests on non-deployedOEM air bags conducted by GarwoodLaboratories, Inc., Pico River, Califor-nia (in accordance with SAE InflatorRestraints Standard SAE J1630 andManufacturers Deployment Standards)reveals that recycled airbag use isindeed a solid alternative that protectsthe American consumer.

Based on this scientific data com-bined with years of real world experi-ence, the ARA stands by the use ofnon-deployed, recycled OEM airbagsas viable, economical, and safe alter-natives to the use of new, more costlyOEM airbags. In fact, recycled airbagmodules are currently being used ininsurance collision repairs in parts ofCanada. Both the Insurance Corpora-tion of British Columbia (ICBC) andSaskatchewan General Insurance(SGI) have been successfully usingrecycled airbags in repairs for manyyears. The test conducted by ICBCcompared recycled and new air bags.The mix consisted of recycled airbagsfrom domestic and Japanese manufac-turers. New Ford, General Motors,Chrysler and Honda airbags of thesame application as recycled oneswere purchased from local dealershipsfor comparison to the recycled ones.The results of the test were that effec-tive April 2001, ICBC and body shopsbegan utilizing recycled previouslyundeployed airbags supplied byICBC/ARA “certified” AutomotiveRecyclers.

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The United Recyclers Group (URG)has announced support for the ‘RecycledRides’ program, a community service ini-tiative of the National Auto Body Council(NABC). In Recycled Rides, all segmentsof the auto salvage and collision repairindustries come together to fix up anddonate working automobiles to selectedfamilies in need in cities across thenation. The goal for the 2009 program isto refurbish 140 vehicles, all simultane-ously donated to deserving families

selected by local human service agencies,on November 23, 2009, the Mondaybefore Thanksgiving.

Said Michelle Alexander, URG exec-utive director, “What Recycled Rides doesby providing restored vehicles for less for-tunate families across the nation is out-standing. With this new partnership, URGmembers will now have the opportunity toget involved in an important way, bydonating parts for vehicles being repairedand prepped for donation in their area.”

Now in its third year, RecycledRides began with just seven vehiclesrepaired and donated in the first year.But the program has experiencedtwenty-fold growth in just two years, asure sign that the concept behind it isgood and fills a need. According toRecycled Rides chair Michael Quinn,the long-term goal for the program is500 vehicles donated per year, and hethinks this is doable sooner rather thanlater.

“As this program grows, stake-holders like URG and their memberswill see the value of getting involved,”said Quinn. “It also shows what is pos-sible when all facets of the auto sal-vage, collision repair, and insuranceindustries come together with a com-mon vision to make a difference in ourcommunities. Even though a few fami-lies actually get new rides, we all comeout ahead.”

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When designing cars and trucks,many considerations must be taken intoaccount and in some cases, some competewith one another.

However, in the case of the end-of-lifestage of vehicles, automobile manufactur-ers and auto recyclers are working togetherto come up with solutions to create vehi-cles better designed to promote recyclingand better servicing of the vehicle duringits working lifespan.

This is not to say that progress hasbeen steady, but discussions continue viathe United States Car’s Vehicle RecyclingPartnership (VRP) and through the effortsof the manufacturers to remove hazardousmaterials from their source materials.

Dan Adsit, Ford Motor Companymanager in vehicle and environmentalengineering, said a significant effort isbeing made to eliminate and reduce theamount of hazardous materials such asmercury and lead in components and ingreater de-pollution efforts.

“The best way to deal with suchmaterials is to minimize their use, suchas mercury,” he said. “We are getting outof mercury-containing components.Today we have mercury in very smallamounts in items such as high intensitydischarge (HID) lamps, navigation sys-tem screens and family entertainmentsystems.

“Our HID headlamps historically had0.5 milligrams of mercury in them and weare now almost entirely in non-mercurycontaining HID lamps,” he added. “Theseare no longer an issue in terms of removal.It’s the same with navigation screens. Theyare now mercury-free, so the dismantlerdoesn’t have to worry about removingthem for de-pollution. They can beremoved and sold.

“We are also working on implement-ing what has been done in the EuropeanUnion in terms of lead reduction,” saidAdsit. “We are out of leaded wheel weightsand we are reducing our lead use across theboard in our vehicles.”

To warn recyclers about hazardousmaterials, Ford applies labels stating thatcertain components contain mercury.While only selected states require this

information, Adsit said this informationcan be found in all vehicles nationwide.

“Our goal is to have no need for alabel,” he said. “We’re pretty good atdesigning cars that are made from environ-mentally-friendly materials, which is partof the recycling picture.”

On the issue of having industry-widestandardized fasteners, Adsit notes that cer-tain fasteners are standard because manu-facturers often purchase components fromthe same suppliers.

“We have Supplier EnvironmentalRequirements that we give to our suppliersand one of them is our specification fordesign disassembly,” he said. “We askthem to design for easy access and easyremoval, particularly items that need to bede-polluted. Disassembly issues also applyto servicing. You want to make it easy toservice a vehicle.”

Concerning the removal of parts andsystems, Adsit said “we also look at bigplastic pieces that can be removed for recy-cling. When you get into smaller compo-nents and subcomponents, it depends onone’s definition of easy. Removing a mirrorto sell it wouldn’t be that complicated.What you want to do is go after the bigpieces of material to reuse or recyclebecause if you’re spending a lot of time toget a small piece of material, it may not beworth the effort.”

Dealing with automobile shredderresidue (ASR) is an ongoing issue that isbeing addressed by the VRP. Adsit saidresearch to deal with the non-metallicwaste that is not recycled today is beingconducted with the Argon National Labo-ratories, now looking at one strategy todevelop a separation process following theshredding of a vehicle.

“If you can separate the good materi-als like polypropylene and be able to recy-cle them,” he said, “that would be a prettyefficient way of doing things. You wouldnot have as much labor cost in removingitems. On the other side of the spectrum,we’re taking recycled content and putting itinto our vehicles – like taking pop bottlesand making components out of them.

“As part of the design process,” headded, “we also mark our non-metalliccomponents to let people know what theyconsist of.”

Through the VPR, Ford and othermanufacturers are working with recyclersand dismantlers to share information tomake recycling more efficient across theboard. As an example, this is being donenow with airbag systems and other ele-ments.

“If the economic driver is to removecomponents to recycle, that informationcan certainly be made available,” saidAdsit. “We’ve got guidance that we supplyon the recycling of airbags.”

He stresses that some materials thatcan be derived from a car do not have valuein today’s marketplace, which means thebusiness case is not as strong. That is whyresearch is ongoing with ASR and to max-imize the economic potential of thosematerials.

Charles Ossenkop, owner of Anchor-age, Alaska’s Northwest Auto Parts andchair of the Automobile Recyclers Associa-tion’s technical advisory committee, saidmuch more progress is needed to designvehicles that are easier to recycle.

“The big three American manufac-turers are in financial straits at this time,”he said, “so the resources they have toallocate to these cooperative projects arelimited. At this point it is understandableand we hope to be able to move forwardwith discussions in the future and domore things that are real and tangible.”

The ARA is currently conducting afluid recovery study, which started a yearago, to deal with components that havecreated difficulties in the past. The studyis determining how much fluid can beremoved and what the problems are.

Due to financial pressures, he said,manufacturers have suspended their partic-ipation in the study, but it is hoped they willsoon be back on board.

The ARA has consistently stressedthat “reuse is the highest form of recy-cling” for a variety of reasons, particularlyas manufacturing a new part is energyintensive and requires the production ofnew materials.

Removing parts and materials fromdomestic and foreign manufactured vehi-cles, said Ossenkop, varies greatly.

“In terms of just straight partremoval,” he said, “we’re pretty good atremoving parts. There are some design fea-tures that make it difficult to remove cer-tain parts and we have raised these issues.”

Health concerns when it comes todealing with fluids and hazardous materialssuch as mercury are major considerationsfor auto recyclers, as are carbon fibers.

“There are a lot of potential healthissues with respect to servicing and dis-mantling parts made with carbon fibers,”said Ossenkop. “How do we deal withthose kinds of materials? What is the recy-cling stream for composite materials at theend-of-life and how are they going to berecycled rather than go into a landfill?”

While recyclers have technology tohelp remove some parts, they would great-ly appreciate standardization when itcomes to fasteners.

“Fasteners can be very problematic,”said Ossenkop, who would also likewarning labels placed on parts with haz-ardous materials. “We would certainlylike to see more of that information dis-seminated to our industry. Firstly, wewould like to see hazardous materials notbe in a car. We would to see an end-of-life solution to deal with them. It’s impor-tant to protect our personnel and every-one downstream.”

European Union regulations requireautomobile manufacturers to providerecyclers with some dismantling manu-als. Ossenkop said General Motors hastaken steps in that direction, but notesthat they are basic and not very detail-oriented, and that European manuals arealso lacking in specific information.

“What we need is help in areaswhere we have problems,” he said. “Thatis what we would like to address with theRoad Safety Technical Advisory Com-mittee and the auto industry. The manu-facturers recognize that there is a strongautomobile recycling infrastructure andwe do a good job, but unless the manu-facturers keep an eye on the end-of-liferesolution of a vehicle, we could end upwith legislation that mandates them to docertain things like the EU directive.

“That is not wanted in our country aslong as we have inter-industry coopera-tive discussions that have some cause andeffect,” he added. “We can get there with-out legislative mandates.”

Despite current business problems,manufacturers did invite the ARA to par-ticipate in discussions regarding the recy-cling of future hybrid vehicle batteries.

Designing vehicles with recycling in mindby IRWIN [email protected]

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